BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
729 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 800 AM CDT

* AT 728 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
STUART…OR 35 MILES NORTH OF CRESTON…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
EARLHAM…DE SOTO…ADEL…DALLAS CENTER…WAUKEE…LINDEN…
DEXTER…REDFIELD…MINBURN…VAN METER AND GRANGER.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 121.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A
MOBILE HOME…GET OUT NOW…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED
BUILDING.