BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
959 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 957 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
FOSTORIA…OR 8 MILES NORTH OF SPENCER…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
ESTHERVILLE…EMMETSBURG…RUTHVEN…AYRSHIRE…WALLINGFORD…
GRAETTINGER…CURLEW…ESTHERVILLE AIRPORT…MALLARD…GRUVER…
DOLLIVER…CYLINDER…RODMAN…RINGSTED…WEST BEND AND ARMSTRONG.

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.