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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 915 AM CDT

* AT 823 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
DES MOINES…AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. AT 819 AM CDT SOME ROOF
DAMAGE WAS REPORTED IN NORWALK WITH THIS STORM WITH WINDS
ESTIMATED AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
NEWTON…CARLISLE…PLEASANT HILL…ALTOONA…PRAIRIE CITY…
COLFAX…MONROE…HARTFORD…RUNNELLS…SWAN…MITCHELLVILLE…
NEWTON AIRPORT…LAMBS GROVE AND REASNOR.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 142 AND 168.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 235 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 3 AND 13.

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.