Severe Weather

New Warning (Hancock, Kossuth and Winnebago)

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
848 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 848 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BANCROFT…OR 47 MILES EAST OF SPIRIT LAKE…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
TITONKA BY 900 PM CDT…
WESLEY BY 910 PM CDT…
WODEN BY 915 PM CDT…
CRYSTAL LAKE AND BRITT BY 925 PM CDT…
FOREST CITY BY 930 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS…FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME…SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.