BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
212 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A


* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 210 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 34
MILES NORTHEAST OF DES MOINES OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MELBOURNE
MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THIS STORM CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR...
MELBOURNE BY 215 PM CDT
HAVERHILL BY 221 PM CDT
MARSHALLTOWN BY 223 PM CDT
LAUREL BY 227 PM CDT
FERGUSON BY 230 PM CDT

GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! A TORNADO
WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING UP TO BASEBALL SIZED HAIL!!!

SS

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