BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
502 PM CDT MON SEP 13 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 459 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 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF CRESTON…OR 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES…
AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
CRESTON…ORIENT…CROMWELL…KENT…CRESTON AIRPORT…AFTON AND
SHANNON CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SEEK SAFETY INDOORS
UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.