BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
524 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 518 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF MASON CITY…MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS STORM CAN PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
OFFICIALS HAVE ALREADY REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL WITH THIS STORM.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
NORA SPRINGS AROUND 530 PM…
ROCK CREEK AROUND 535 PM…
RUDD AROUND 540 PM…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM…PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.