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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1120 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...
  EASTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
  MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
  SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
  POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...
  APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
  WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1120 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR MONROE TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KNOXVILLE TO 12
  MILES WEST OF CENTERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
           TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OTTUMWA...NEWTON...OSKALOOSA...PELLA...GRINNELL...KNOXVILLE...
  CENTERVILLE...ALBIA...BLOOMFIELD...MONTEZUMA...MONROE...BROOKLYN...
  NEW SHARON...EDDYVILLE...OTTUMWA INDUSTRIAL AIRPORT...ROCK CREEK
  LAKE...IOWA SPEEDWAY...LAKE RED ROCK...RATHBUN LAKE AND LAKE
  SUNDOWN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 162 AND 204.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4117 9309 4174 9313 4180 9230 4151 9230
      4150 9241 4118 9241 4116 9240 4116 9219
      4063 9218 4059 9310
TIME...MOT...LOC 0420Z 248DEG 45KT 4159 9309 4126 9298 4068 9310

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

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