BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
859 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 858 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF EMMETSBURG…OR 19 MILES EAST OF SPENCER…AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
EMMETSBURG AND CURLEW BY 905 PM CDT…
CYLINDER AND MALLARD BY 915 PM CDT…
RODMAN BY 920 PM CDT…
WHITTEMORE BY 925 PM CDT…
WEST BEND BY 930 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME…SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.