BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
228 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
* AT 224 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
BUFFALO CENTER…OR 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALGONA…AND MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
LAKE MILLS…THOMPSON…LELAND AND SCARVILLE.
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.