BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
759 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 845 AM CDT

* AT 756 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 NEAR
DALLAS CENTER…OR 23 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
WAUKEE…WOODWARD…GRIMES…CLIVE…URBANDALE…WINDSOR HEIGHTS…
JOHNSTON…POLK CITY…ANKENY…ALTOONA…BONDURANT…GRANGER…
SAYLORVILLE LAKE…SAYLORVILLE…ALLEMAN…ANKENY AIRPORT…ELKHART
AND MITCHELLVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 112 AND 149.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 72 AND 102.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 235 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14.

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.