BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
843 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN ATCHISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI…
NORTHWESTERN NODAWAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI…

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 839 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF BURLINGTON JUNCTION…OR 17 MILES
NORTHEAST OF TARKIO…AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. AT 804 PM…FIRE
AND RESCUE CREWS REPORTED PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL WEST OF ESTBORO.
AT 828 PM…LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 2
MILES SOUTH OF WESTBORO.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
HOPKINS AND CLEARMONT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR…DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…DEADLY LIGHTNING…AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.