BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
422 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN EMMET COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHERN PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 418 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 NEAR
FOSTORIA…OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPENCER…AND MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
ESTHERVILLE…EMMETSBURG…RUTHVEN…WALLINGFORD…GRAETTINGER…
ESTHERVILLE AIRPORT…GRUVER AND RINGSTED.

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.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED
WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.