BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
833 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 832 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 NORTH OF SUPERIOR…OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPIRIT LAKE…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… ESTHERVILLE…EMMETSBURG…ESTHERVILLEAIRPORT…WALLINGFORD…GRUVER…DOLLIVER…RUTHVEN…GRAETTINGER…ARMSTRONG…
AYRSHIRE…RINGSTED…SWEA CITY AND FENTON.

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.

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.