BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
503 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTH CENTRAL MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 545 AM CDT

* AT 458 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
NORTHEAST OF CHARITON…OR 27 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDIANOLA…AND
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN LUCAS…NORTHWESTERN MONROE AND
SOUTHERN MARION COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SEEK SAFETY INDOORS
UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.