BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
136 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA…
SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA…

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 132 PM CDT…RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM…CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF FAIRMONT…AND MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE…
FAIRMONT…
BLUE EARTH…
ELMORE…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM…PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.