Severe Weather

New Warning (Emmet and Palo Alto)

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
751 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EMMET COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHERN PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 749 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF ESTHERVILLE…OR 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPIRIT LAKE…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
ESTHERVILLE BY 810 PM CDT…
WALLINGFORD AND ESTHERVILLE AIRPORT BY 815 PM CDT…
GRUVER BY 820 PM CDT…
GRAETTINGER BY 825 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS…FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME…SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.