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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
511 AM CDT TUE APR 16 2024
IAZ004-015-023-034-161100-
PALO ALTO IA-CALHOUN IA-POCAHONTAS IA-EMMET IA-
511 AM CDT TUE APR 16 2024
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EMMET...POCAHONTAS
NORTHWESTERN
CALHOUN AND PALO ALTO COUNTIES THROUGH 600 AM CDT...
AT 510 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR FOSTORIA TO 6 MILES
WEST OF SOUTH TWIN LAKE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL AND ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL UP TO ONE INCH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS, LOW VISIBILITIES,
AND RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ESTHERVILLE, EMMETSBURG, POCAHONTAS, LAURENS, SWAN LAKE, FIVE ISLAND
LAKE, INGHAM LAKE, HIGH LAKE, LOST ISLAND LAKE, SILVER LAKE, RUSH
LAKE, GRAETTINGER, WEST BEND, RUTHVEN, FONDA, ROLFE, MALLARD,
WALLINGFORD, AYRSHIRE, AND HAVELOCK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4350 9465 4306 9444 4295 9444 4241 9482
4254 9492 4349 9492
TIME...MOT...LOC 1010Z 209DEG 46KT 4320 9520 4244 9478
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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