100  
WUUS53 KDMX 180257  
SVRDMX  
IAC003-159-173-175-180345-  
/O.NEW.KDMX.SV.W.0036.250418T0257Z-250418T0345Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
957 PM CDT THU APR 17 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...  
NORTHWESTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...  
ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA...  
NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA...  
 
* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 956 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KENT, OR 10  
MILES EAST OF CORNING, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE  
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
LENOX, KENT, TINGLEY, CRESTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, SHANNON CITY,  
AFTON, CORNING MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, CROMWELL, CARBON, LAKE ICARIA,  
ARISPE, GREEN VALLEY LAKE, GREEN VALLEY LAKE STATE PARK, CRESTON,  
LAKE ICARIA STATE PARK, PRESCOTT, AND CORNING.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY  
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE  
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTH  
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN IOWA.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4082 9483 4113 9485 4116 9420 4116 9416  
4085 9415  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 265DEG 26KT 4097 9454  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
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