BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1045 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1043 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMMETSBURG…OR 16 MILES WEST OF ALGONA…AND
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
ALGONA…WEST BEND…WHITTEMORE…ALGONA AIRPORT…BURT…LU VERNE
AND WESLEY.

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.