BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1054 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1049 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TERRIL…OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPIRIT LAKE…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. MEASURED WINDS OF 74 MPH WERE REPORTED IN OKOBOJI WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
ESTHERVILLE…EMMETSBURG…BANCROFT…ESTHERVILLE AIRPORT…
GRUVER…WALLINGFORD…GRAETTINGER…RUTHVEN…ARMSTRONG…
RINGSTED…AYRSHIRE…SWEA CITY…FENTON…CURLEW…CYLINDER…
RODMAN…MALLARD…WHITTEMORE…WEST BEND AND ALGONA AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! IMMEDIATELY GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM…AWAY FROM WINDOWS. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND INJURY ARE LIKELY. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGE AND SERIOUS INJURY SIMILAR TO A TORNADO.