BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
642 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 638 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ADEL…AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD…HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT
CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES…ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
DES MOINES…WEST DES MOINES…CLIVE…GRIMES…WINDSOR HEIGHTS…
URBANDALE…JOHNSTON…POLK CITY…ANKENY…ALTOONA…BONDURANT…
HUXLEY…NEVADA…GRANGER…SAYLORVILLE LAKE…SAYLORVILLE…ANKENY
AIRPORT…SHELDAHL…SLATER AND ALLEMAN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 119 AND 149.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 69 AND 111.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 235 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER…INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL…DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS AND TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER…SUCH AS IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM…A BATHROOM OR CLOSET…OR BASEMENT.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

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LAT…LON 4151 9382 4178 9395 4186 9381 4186 9370
4193 9370 4213 9336 4165 9334
TIME…MOT…LOC 2343Z 229DEG 40KT 4165 9392

HAIL…1.25IN
WIND…70MPH

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DONAVON