BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1020 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EMMET COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1017 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SUPERIOR…OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPIRIT LAKE…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…ESTHERVILLE…ESTHERVILLE AIRPORT…WALLINGFORD…GRUVER…DOLLIVER…GRAETTINGER…
ARMSTRONG…RINGSTED…FENTON AND SWEA CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! IMMEDIATELY GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM…AWAY FROM WINDOWS. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND INJURY ARE LIKELY. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGE AND SERIOUS INJURY SIMILAR TO A TORNADO.