BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
757 PM CDT FRI OCT 4 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 752 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAMPTON…
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD…HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT…DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
SHEFFIELD…ROCKWELL…AREDALE AND DOUGHERTY.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 170 AND 173.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
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LAT…LON 4291 9302 4291 9288 4290 9287 4270 9317
4280 9337 4323 9303 4322 9302
TIME…MOT…LOC 0057Z 214DEG 26KT 4283 9319
HAIL…1.25IN
WIND…<50MPH
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JOHNSON