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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT

* AT 909 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 MONROE…OR 10 MILES SOUTH
OF NEWTON…AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
NEWTON…REASNOR…LAMBS GROVE…NEWTON AIRPORT…SULLY…
KELLOGG…LYNNVILLE AND OAKLAND ACRES.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 159 AND 179.

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.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND DON/T DROWN.