BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
435 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA…
NORTHERN GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA…
PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN…
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 433 PM CDT…RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS…
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM PRESCOTT TO MIESVILLE TO NEW TRIER…AND MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE…
ELLSWORTH…
RED WING…
MIESVILLE…
DIAMOND BLUFF…
WELCH…
BELDENVILLE…
HAGER CITY…
MARTEL…
ESDAILE…
BAY CITY…
SPRING VALLEY…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM…PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
WIND…HAIL 60MPH 1.25IN