BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
552 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA…
WESTERN FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA…

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 549 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 4 MILES
WEST OF KIESTER…OR ABOUT OVER BRICELYN. RADAR SHOWED THE TORNADIC
STORM MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE…
KIESTER…
CONGER…
ALDEN…
EMMONS…
TWIN LAKES…
WALTERS…
MANSFIELD…

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.