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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WEST CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 711 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR INDIANOLA…
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD…HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
DES MOINES…NORWALK…CARLISLE…PLEASANT HILL…ALTOONA…
BONDURANT…DES MOINES INT AIRPORT…HARTFORD…RUNNELLS…ANKENY
AIRPORT…MITCHELLVILLE AND VALERIA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 133 AND 155.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 91.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 235 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 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 4167 9366 4179 9321 4160 9326 4132 9349
4134 9377
TIME…MOT…LOC 0016Z 203DEG 39KT 4144 9358

HAIL…1.25IN
WIND…60MPH

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DONAVON