BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
904 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
EXTREME SOUTHERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 859 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HUXLEY TO INDIANOLA…AND
MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
NEWTON…PLEASANTVILLE…COLFAX…PRAIRIE CITY…MONROE…
KNOXVILLE…PELLA…HARTFORD…SANDYVILLE…MITCHELLVILLE…
RUNNELLS…VALERIA…SWAN…MINGO…BAXTER…KNOXVILLE AIRPORT…
LAMBS GROVE…LAKE RED ROCK…REASNOR AND NEWTON AIRPORT.

WINDS WILL GUST WELL AHEAD OF THE THUNDER AND RAIN. BLOWING DUST
COULD OCCUR. DO NOT WAIT TO TAKE SHELTER. JUST BEFORE 900
PM…WINDS GUSTED TO 57 MPH AT THE DES MOINES AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 132 AND 178.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 102.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 235 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 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.