BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
112 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EMMET COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHERN KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 109 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARNOLDS PARK…OR NEAR SPIRIT LAKE…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…ESTHERVILLE…EMMETSBURG…BANCROFT…ESTHERVILLE AIRPORT…WALLINGFORD…GRUVER…DOLLIVER…RUTHVEN…GRAETTINGER…AYRSHIRE…ARMSTRONG…RINGSTED…CURLEW…SWEA CITY…FENTON…CYLINDER AND LONE ROCK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS…FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME…SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.