BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
910 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 908 PM CDT…LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IOWA FALLS TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF
ELDORA TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF STATE CENTER…AND MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
IOWA FALLS…MARSHALLTOWN…ELDORA…CONRAD…GRUNDY CENTER…
TOLEDO…TAMA…REINBECK…NEW PROVIDENCE…MELBOURNE…UNION…
LISCOMB…ALBION…OWASA…WHITTEN…HAVERHILL…MARSHALLTOWN
AIRPORT…LAUREL…STEAMBOAT ROCK AND FERGUSON.

THIS EXTENDS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MARSHALL COUNTY.
MULTIPLE REPORTS OF HIGH WINDS AND TREE DAMAGE HAVE OCCURRED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IMMEDIATELY GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM…AWAY FROM WINDOWS. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND INJURY ARE
LIKELY. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED
BUILDING. WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGE AND SERIOUS
INJURY SIMILAR TO A TORNADO.