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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 245 AM CDT

* AT 203 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 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEVADA…OR
15 MILES NORTHEAST OF AMES…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MARSHALLTOWN…STATE CENTER…ELDORA…CONRAD…GRUNDY CENTER…
HUBBARD…COLO…ZEARING…COLLINS…ST. ANTHONY…NEW
PROVIDENCE…RHODES…CLEMONS…MELBOURNE…UNION…WHITTEN…
LISCOMB…ALBION…HAVERHILL AND MARSHALLTOWN AIRPORT.

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.