BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
417 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WEST CENTRAL EMMET COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 414 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ESTHERVILLE…OR 13 MILES EAST OF SPIRIT LAKE…AND MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH.

AT 415 PM CDT NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN ESTHERVILLE WITH THIS STORM.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL EMMET COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR…DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…DEADLY LIGHTNING…AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.