BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
422 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA…
SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA…

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 416 PM CDT…RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM…CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING
WINDS OF 65 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRMONT…AND MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE…
FAIRMONT…EAST CHAIN…GUCKEEN…PILOT GROVE…IMOGENE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM…PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…WHICH CAN
SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGE WINDOWS…SIDING AND VEHICLES. DAMAGING WINDS
ARE ALSO EXPECTED…WHICH WILL UPROOT TREES AND DOWN POWER LINES.
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.