BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
938 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 935 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ESTHERVILLE…OR 17 MILES EAST OF SPIRIT LAKE…AND MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
EMMETSBURG…GRUVER…ARMSTRONG…WALLINGFORD…RINGSTED… GRAETTINGER…RUTHVEN…CYLINDER…AYRSHIRE…RODMAN…CURLEW…MALLARD AND WEST BEND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.