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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EAST CENTRAL MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 548 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
SOUTHEAST OF PELLA…OR 12 MILES WEST OF OSKALOOSA…AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
OSKALOOSA…NEW SHARON…MONTEZUMA…LEIGHTON…BEACON…UNIVERSITY
PARK…KEOMAH VILLAGE…ROSE HILL…BARNES CITY…DEEP RIVER AND
GUERNSEY.

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.