JASPER IA-LUCAS IA-POLK IA-ADAIR IA-ADAMS IA-CLARKE IA-AUDUBON IA-

WRIGHT IA-DECATUR IA-BOONE IA-DALLAS IA-GUTHRIE IA-MAHASKA IA-

WEBSTER IA-MADISON IA-UNION IA-STORY IA-MARSHALL IA-WAYNE IA-

MARION IA-HARDIN IA-RINGGOLD IA-MONROE IA-HAMILTON IA-GREENE IA-

CASS IA-WARREN IA-

213 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015

…STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING DES MOINES METRO

AREA…WITH STRONG WINDS BEHIND THE STORMS…

AT 213 PM CST…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG

THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF

ATLANTIC TO 3 MILES WEST OF MOUNT AYR…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60

MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

DES MOINES…AMES…WEST DES MOINES…ANKENY…URBANDALE…

JOHNSTON…CLIVE…NEWTON…INDIANOLA…ALTOONA…WAUKEE…BOONE…

PELLA…NORWALK…PLEASANT HILL…GRIMES…WEBSTER CITY…CRESTON…

PERRY AND KNOXVILLE.

THESE STORMS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING

SEVERE WEATHER…INCLUDING TORNADOES…QUICKLY. THE STORMS ARE

EXPECTED TO REACH THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR…INCLUDING THE DES

MOINES METRO AREA BY AROUND 4 PM…WHICH WILL BE NEAR THE TIME OF

THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE.

AFTER THE STORMS MOVE THROUGH…STRONG NON-THUNDERSTORM WINDS WILL

PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 40

MPH…WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 TO 60 MPH. THESE WINDS MAY BLOW

AROUND UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS…AND WILL POSE A HAZARD TO

TRAVELERS ESPECIALLY IN HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES.

BE PREPARED FOR POTENTIALLY RAPIDLY DETERIORATING WEATHER

CONDITIONS…AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN

IOWA.