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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA…

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 612 PM CDT…RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS…
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FREEBORN TO TWIN
LAKES TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTHWOOD…AND MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE…
ALBERT LEA…
HAYWARD…
FREEBORN…
TWIN LAKES…
CONGER…
ALDEN…
EMMONS…
MANCHESTER…
GLENVILLE…
CLARKS GROVE…
MYRTLE…
GENEVA…
LONDON…
HOLLANDALE…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM…PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS…WHICH CAN UPROOT
TREES…DOWN POWER LINES…AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO ROOFS AND WINDOWS.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES AS THEY MAY BE OVERTURNED. HAIL IS ALSO
EXPECTED…WHICH CAN CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND WINDOWS. 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.