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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
ATCHISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI…

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 722 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH…AND DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN
DIAMETER. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCKPORT…OR 11 MILES
WEST OF TARKIO…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

AT 708 PM…A STORM CHASER REPORTED PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL 1 MILE
EAST OF PHELPS CITY.
AT 716 PM…THE PUBLIC REPORTED PENNY SIZE HAIL WEST OF WATSON.
AT 719 PM…LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN
ROCKPORT.
AT 721 PM…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL 6
MILES NORTH OF ROCKPORT.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
TARKIO AND WESTBORO.

THIS WILL IMPACT

I-29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 106 AND 120.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY…IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

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