BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
757 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN ATCHISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI…
NORTHWESTERN NODAWAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI…

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 752 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH…AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR TARKIO…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. AT 733 PM…LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN TARKIO.
AT 735 PM…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN
TARKIO.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
BURLINGTON JUNCTION…WESTBORO…ELMO AND CLEARMONT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. DUE TO THE ROTATING NATURE OF THESE
STORMS…THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER…
INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL…DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND
POSSIBLY TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER…PREFERABLY INTO
AN INTERIOR ROOM…SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR A CLOSET…OR INTO A
BASEMENT.