BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
356 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN BREMER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
BUTLER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 353 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 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF APLINGTON…OR 14 MILES EAST OF IOWA FALLS…AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
APLINGTON…PARKERSBURG…ALLISON…SHELL ROCK…CLARKSVILLE…
GREENE…WAVERLY…STOUT…NEW HARTFORD…PLAINFIELD AND FREDERIKA.

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.