BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
814 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 809 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PRAIRIE CITY TO 12 MILES
NORTH OF CHARITON TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OSCEOLA…AND MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
OSKALOOSA…KNOXVILLE…CHARITON…PELLA…NEW SHARON…ALBIA…
KNOXVILLE AIRPORT…LAKE RED ROCK…WILLIAMSON…DERBY…CHARITON
AIRPORT…PELLA AIRPORT…HARVEY…MARYSVILLE…BUSSEY…
LEIGHTON…RUSSELL…HAMILTON…BEACON AND LOVILIA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 26 AND 39.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A
MOBILE HOME…GET OUT NOW…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED
BUILDING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED…IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS…AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND DON/T DROWN.