BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
157 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 156 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF BANCROFT…OR 26 MILES NORTH OF
ALGONA…AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
BUFFALO CENTER…LEDYARD…LAKOTA…RAKE AND THOMPSON.

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.