BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
409 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 404 PM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM HUXLEY TO 6 MILES NORTH OF BONDURANT TO ALTOONA TO
PLEASANT HILL…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD…QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
NEWTON…MARSHALLTOWN…PRAIRIE CITY…COLFAX…MONROE…STATE
CENTER…MAXWELL…VALERIA…MINGO…COLLINS…LAMBS GROVE…
BAXTER…RHODES…REASNOR…NEWTON AIRPORT…MELBOURNE…KELLOGG…
SULLY…HAVERHILL AND LAUREL.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 141 AND 179.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 94 AND 107.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

LARGE HAIL…DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
KILLS. REMEMBER…IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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LAT…LON 4150 9342 4151 9342 4150 9344 4151 9347
4163 9349 4175 9357 4193 9364 4209 9291
4180 9276 4160 9277 4160 9276 4153 9276
TIME…MOT…LOC 2109Z 257DEG 40KT 4194 9350 4178 9343
4166 9335 4157 9336

HAIL…1.00IN
WIND…70MPH

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BEERENDS