Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Emmet, Palo Alto and Kossuth Counties until 4pm

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
320 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN EMMET COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA…
KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 320 PM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM SWAN LAKE TO 5 MILES EAST OF FIVE ISLAND LAKE TO 16
MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMMETSBURG…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING…AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
ALGONA…EMMETSBURG…FIVE ISLAND LAKE…INGHAM LAKE…
SMITH POOL…HIGH LAKE…ARMSTRONG…WEST BEND…BANCROFT…
SWEA CITY…BURT…WHITTEMORE…TITONKA…RINGSTED…WESLEY…
CORWITH…FENTON…LAKOTA…LONE ROCK AND LEDYARD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS…AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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LAT…LON 4350 9402 4336 9397 4297 9397 4291 9443
4291 9458 4331 9476 4350 9415
TIME…MOT…LOC 2020Z 236DEG 42KT 4336 9469 4315 9455 4293 9449

HAIL…0.88IN
WIND…60MPH

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