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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WORTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 252 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
LAKE MILLS…OR 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF MASON CITY…AND MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
NORTHWOOD…MANLY…JOICE…FERTILE…HANLONTOWN…KENSETT…
PLYMOUTH…GRAFTON AND ROCK FALLS.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200 AND 218.

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.