BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
427 AM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 425 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF EMMETSBURG…OR 23 MILES WEST OF ALGONA…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…ALGONA…RODMAN…WEST BEND…WHITTEMORE…OTTOSEN…BODE…ALGONA AIRPORT…LIVERMORE…LU VERNE…WESLEY AND RENWICK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME…GET OUT NOW…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.