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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 728 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORWALK…OR 12
MILES WEST OF INDIANOLA…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM
HAS PRODUCED 60 MPH WINDS ON THE WEST SIDE OF WINTERSET.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
INDIANOLA…DES MOINES…WEST DES MOINES…CLIVE…NORWALK…
WINDSOR HEIGHTS…CARLISLE…PLEASANT HILL…ALTOONA…
PLEASANTVILLE…BONDURANT…PRAIRIE CITY…COLFAX…MONROE…SPRING
HILL…DES MOINES INT AIRPORT…ACKWORTH…SANDYVILLE…HARTFORD
AND RUNNELLS.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 104 AND 165.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 49 AND 89.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 235 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS…FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE
INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME…
SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.

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.