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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA…
FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA…
WESTERN FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA…
SOUTHWESTERN WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA…

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 145 PM CDT…RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM…CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DELAVAN…OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BLUE EARTH…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE…
BLUE EARTH…
DELAVAN…
WINNEBAGO…
BRUSH CREEK…
MINNESOTA LAKE…
WELLS…
ALDEN…
FREEBORN…
CONGER…
OTISCO…
MANCHESTER…

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.