here's a big warning that covers 4 counties in Iowa

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
632 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
SOUTHEASTERN AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...
GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 631 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 5 MILES
SOUTH OF BRAYTON...OR 66 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IDA GROVE...AND WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANITA...EXIRA...ADAIR...CASEY...
GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...YALE...

I'm keeping an eye on the storms in WI because 1.) they look great and 2.) they're in my state. Hoping they do something...

Here in Prairie Farm WI we had a nice lightning show and we had some dime size hail. The hail only lasted about 5 min.

In Eau Claire it was somewhat exciting, the first severe storm warning made the sirens turn on in the city. I knew there was the storm warning, but since I'm accustomed to sirens blowing mostly for tornado warnings, I was like 'CRAP, has it been upgraded to a tornado warning?? ' Especially since I was walking back to the hotel at the time. Got some good pics of the storms as they headed away from Eau Claire, and might upload them when I can.

After that first wave of storms last night, it was wave after wave of storms that trained over the area as the front passed. Every time it seemed we were done with the storms, there would then be lightning to the west of here again. Was a pretty cool lightning show, and even saw pea-sized hail or a little larger out of a few of them.