BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
330 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT
* AT 325 PM 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 6 MILES
SOUTH OF IOWA FALLS…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
HAMPTON…ALLISON…GREENE…ACKLEY…GENEVA…HANSELL…DUMONT…
BRISTOW AND AREDALE.
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.