519  
WUUS53 KDMX 180923  
SVRDMX  
IAC033-069-081-195-197-181015-  
/O.NEW.KDMX.SV.W.0049.250418T0923Z-250418T1015Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
423 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHEASTERN WORTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...  
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...  
EASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...  
SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...  
CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...  
 
* UNTIL 515 AM CDT.  
 
* AT 422 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR DUNCAN TO BELMOND TO 4 MILES EAST OF WOOLSTOCK,  
MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...CLARION AWOS REPORTED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 76 MPH.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE  
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES,  
ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
ALEXANDER, PORTLAND, MCINTOSH WOODS STATE PARK, BRADFORD,  
DOUGHERTY, GENEVA, HANSELL, ROWAN, MESERVEY, COULTER, THORNTON,  
HAMPTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, MASON CITY, GARNER, CLARION, CLEAR LAKE,  
BIG WALL LAKE, BELMOND, VENTURA, AND NORA SPRINGS.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 152 AND 200.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4256 9303 4256 9385 4280 9369 4308 9382  
4333 9302  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0922Z 249DEG 48KT 4306 9369 4283 9362 4258 9376  
 
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED  
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH  
 

 
 
DODSON  
 
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