732  
WUUS53 KDMX 180343  
SVRDMX  
IAC099-125-153-181-180430-  
/O.NEW.KDMX.SV.W.0039.250418T0343Z-250418T0430Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
1043 PM CDT THU APR 17 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...  
NORTHERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...  
SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...  
NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...  
 
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 1043 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER RUNNELLS, OR  
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PLEASANT HILL, MOVING EAST AT 40 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...  
KELLOGG, MONROE, REASNOR, LAMBS GROVE, CARLISLE, NEWTON, PLEASANT  
HILL, PRAIRIE CITY KROHN AIRPORT, SWAN, PRAIRIE CITY, HARTFORD,  
RUNNELLS, NEWTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, IOWA SPEEDWAY, COLFAX, ROCK  
CREEK LAKE, AND ROCK CREEK STATE PARK.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 159 AND 175.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
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 IOWA.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4142 9348 4159 9352 4178 9286 4149 9287  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 256DEG 35KT 4152 9341  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
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