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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
534 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026

The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Adams County in southwestern Iowa...
  Taylor County in southwestern Iowa...

* Until 630 PM CDT.

* At 534 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Braddyville,
  or 10 miles south of Clarinda, moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Bedford, New Market, Gravity, Sharpsburg, Conway, Athelstan, Lake
  Of Three Fires State Park, and Bedford Municipal Airport.

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 1000 PM CDT for southwestern
Iowa.

&&

LAT...LON 4058 9492 4073 9491 4073 9493 4090 9493
      4098 9471 4057 9452
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 263DEG 37KT 4059 9506 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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