237 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…NORTHERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…SOUTHERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA… UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 234 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GUTHRIE CENTER…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD…QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…STUART…PANORA…CASEY AND MENLO. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 74 AND 96.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. LARGE HAIL…DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING KILLS. REMEMBER…IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.