BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
237 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BLACK HAWK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
EASTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 235 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF CONRAD…OR 14
MILES NORTHEAST OF MARSHALLTOWN…AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
WATERLOO…REINBECK…TOLEDO…TAMA…CEDAR FALLS…HUDSON…
EVANSDALE…DYSART…LA PORTE CITY…GARWIN…DIKE…TRAER…
CLUTIER…CHELSEA…VINING…ELBERON…ELK RUN HEIGHTS…IRVING…
RAYMOND AND GILBERTVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 57 AND 73.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS…FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE
INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME…
SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.