BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
116 AM CDT SUN SEP 19 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 113 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF LAMONI…OR 61 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…LEON…LAMONI AIRPORT…GRAND RIVER…DAVIS CITY…DECATUR CITY…GARDEN GROVE AND LE ROY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 21.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE. IMMEDIATELY SEEK SAFETY IN A REINFORCED BUILDING…AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.