244 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…NORTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 243 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELLIOTT…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 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…

ATLANTIC…LEWIS…ATLANTIC AIRPORT…CUMBERLAND…MASSENA…WIOTA AND ANITA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 59 AND 72.

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.