BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
912 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN EMMET COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 908 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF BANCROFT…OR 32 MILES EAST OF SPIRIT LAKE…AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…BANCROFT…BUFFALO CENTER…BRITT…FOREST CITY…LAKE MILLS…SWEA CITY…LEDYARD…LAKOTA…TITONKA…RAKE…WODEN…THOMPSON…
CRYSTAL LAKE…SCARVILLE AND LELAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.