BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
427 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 424 PM CDT…LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WINTERSET…OR 24
MILES WEST OF INDIANOLA…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 92 AND PITCHER ROAD.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
WINTERSET…NORWALK…PATTERSON…ST. CHARLES…BEVINGTON…
ST. MARYS… MARTENSDALE…CUMMING AND SPRING HILL.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 52 AND 67.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SEEK SAFETY INDOORS
UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED…IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN DES MOINES.