BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1143 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1138 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ORLEANS TO SUTHERLAND…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
ESTHERVILLE…EMMETSBURG…BANCROFT…ALGONA…ESTHERVILLE
AIRPORT…WALLINGFORD…GRUVER…RUTHVEN…DOLLIVER…
GRAETTINGER…AYRSHIRE…ARMSTRONG…RINGSTED…CURLEW…
CYLINDER…MALLARD…SWEA CITY…FENTON…RODMAN AND LONE ROCK.

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.