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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 318 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 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENFIELD…OR 53 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
GUTHRIE CENTER…ADAIR AND CASEY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 71 AND 84.

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