395  
WUUS53 KDMX 180300  
SVRDMX  
IAC001-049-121-180345-  
/O.NEW.KDMX.SV.W.0037.250418T0300Z-250418T0345Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
1000 PM CDT THU APR 17 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...  
NORTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA...  
SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...  
 
* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 1000 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST  
OF STUART, OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENFIELD, MOVING EAST AT 35  
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...  
BEVINGTON, VAN METER, PATTERSON, JORDAN CREEK TOWN CENTER, BADGER  
CREEK STATE PARK, EARLHAM, STUART, AVENUE OF THE SAINTS EVENT  
CENTER, DEXTER, WINTERSET-MADISON COUNTY AIRPORT, WINTERSET, DE  
SOTO, ST. CHARLES, WEST DES MOINES, AND WAUKEE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 89 AND 116, AND NEAR  
MILE MARKER 118.  
 
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 4132 9440 4150 9440 4150 9424 4152 9424  
4157 9379 4129 9379  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0300Z 267DEG 29KT 4141 9427  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
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