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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 136 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 NEAR BOONE…OR 14 MILES WEST OF
AMES…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
AMES…MADRID…STORY CITY…HUXLEY…NEVADA…SHELDAHL…SLATER…
GILBERT…KELLEY…AMES AIRPORT…ALLEMAN…ROLAND…CAMBRIDGE…
ELKHART…MCCALLSBURG…MAXWELL…ZEARING AND COLO.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 AND 126.

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.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED
WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.