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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 732 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PERRY TO WAUKEE…AND MOVING
EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
WOODWARD…GRIMES…CLIVE…URBANDALE…MADRID…JOHNSTON…POLK
CITY…ANKENY…HUXLEY…GRANGER…SAYLORVILLE LAKE…
SAYLORVILLE…SHELDAHL…SLATER…ALLEMAN…ANKENY AIRPORT…
ELKHART…CAMBRIDGE…MAXWELL AND VALERIA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 125 AND 134.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 88 AND 108.

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.