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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 850 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL
SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEW SHARON TO 8
MILES NORTHWEST OF ALBIA TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHARITON…AND
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF STRONG
WINDS…PRODUCING A WIND GUST TO 63 MPH IN BUSSEY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
OSKALOOSA…OTTUMWA…NEW SHARON…ALBIA…ELDON…BEACON…
UNIVERSITY PARK…BARNES CITY…EDDYVILLE…KEOMAH VILLAGE…ROSE
HILL…OSKALOOSA AIRPORT…KIRKVILLE…CHILLICOTHE…FREMONT…
BLAKESBURG…OTTUMWA AIRPORT AND AGENCY.

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 THESE STORMS…AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND DON/T DROWN.