BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
318 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 317 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
PELLA…OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF OSKALOOSA…AND MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
NEW SHARON…MONTEZUMA…SEARSBORO…BARNES CITY…DEEP RIVER AND
* GUERNSEY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 203 AND 204.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SEEK SAFETY INDOORS
UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.