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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 723 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL…AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10
MILES WEST OF OSCEOLA…OR 22 MILES EAST OF CRESTON…AND MOVING
EAST AT 60 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM…WITH A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR LORIMOR AND WIND DAMAGE
IN CRESTON.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
OSCEOLA…CHARITON…KNOXVILLE…TRURO…OSCEOLA AIRPORT…NEW
VIRGINIA…WOODBURN…DERBY…LUCAS…CHARITON AIRPORT…MILO…
LACONA…WILLIAMSON…RUSSELL…MELCHER-DALLAS AND KNOXVILLE
AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 26 AND 48.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IMMEDIATELY GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM. COVER YOURSELF. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES…AND SEEK
SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. LARGE WIND BLOWN HAIL…AND
WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTIVE WINDS…CAN CAUSE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND SERIOUS
INJURY JUST LIKE A TORNADO.

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.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND DON/T DROWN.