BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
757 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN EMMET COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 756 PM CDT…A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ESTHERVILLE…AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN EMMET COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SEEK SAFETY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.