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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 809 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 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF STATE
CENTER TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF PRAIRIE CITY…AND MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
NEWTON…MARSHALLTOWN…STATE CENTER…MONROE…RHODES…ST.
ANTHONY…BAXTER…CLEMONS…LAMBS GROVE…MELBOURNE…REASNOR…
NEWTON AIRPORT…ALBION…HAVERHILL…KELLOGG…LAUREL…
MARSHALLTOWN AIRPORT…SULLY…FERGUSON AND OAKLAND ACRES.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 148 AND 179.

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.