BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
900 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SAC COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 854 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AN EXTENDED
PERIOD OF DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM IDA GROVE TO 8 MILES EAST OF
DENISON TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IRWIN…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
55 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
ODEBOLT…GRAY…AUDUBON AND ARCADIA AROUND 905 PM CDT.
WALL LAKE…TEMPLETON…SCHALLER AND LAKE VIEW AROUND 910 PM CDT.
EARLY…DEDHAM AND CARROLL AROUND 915 PM CDT.
CARROLL AIRPORT…YETTER…WILLEY AND SAC CITY AROUND 920 PM CDT.

MULTIPLE REPORTS OF WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED
ACROSS CRAWFORD COUNTY. BLOWING DUST AND DRAMATICALLY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
HALBUR…BREDA…NEMAHA…LIDDERDALE…AUBURN…LYTTON…RALSTON…
LANESBORO AND JOLLEY.

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.