BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
526 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 525 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF BUFFALO
CENTER TO 11 MILES EAST OF BANCROFT TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ALGONA…AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
BUFFALO CENTER…BRITT…FOREST CITY…LAKE MILLS…RAKE…WODEN…
THOMPSON…CRYSTAL LAKE…CORWITH…SCARVILLE…LELAND…FOREST
CITY AIRPORT AND KANAWHA.

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.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS…AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND DON/T DROWN.