BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
252 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 246 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF COON RAPIDS…OR 56 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IDA GROVE…AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
COON RAPIDS AND BAYARD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR…DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…DEADLY LIGHTNING…AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.