BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
501 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA…
SOUTHWESTERN WATONWAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA…

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 500 PM CDT…RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 8 MILES WEST OF
ODIN…OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNTAIN LAKE…AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE…
ODIN…
ORMSBY…
TRIMONT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON RADAR…IT MEANS THAT
STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY
BE ON THE GROUND…OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.