BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
455 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BLACK HAWK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
EASTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 453 PM 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
EAST OF CONRAD…OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARSHALLTOWN…AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
WATERLOO…REINBECK…HUDSON…LA PORTE CITY…CEDAR FALLS…
EVANSDALE…LINCOLN…MORRISON…TRAER…WATERLOO AIRPORT…
GILBERTVILLE…ELK RUN HEIGHTS…RAYMOND…JESUP GOLF COURSE AND
DUNKERTON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 57 AND 73.

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.