BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
146 PM CDT TUE SEP 21 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 144 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSCEOLA…OR 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…OSCEOLA…MURRAY…VAN WERT…WELDON…LE ROY AND WOODBURN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 23 AND 42.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME…GET OUT NOW…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.