Severe Weather

New Warning (Clay, Dickinson, O’Brien)

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
652 PM CDT WED AUG 13 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
SOUTHEASTERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
EASTERN O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 652 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TERRIL TO 6 MILES EAST OF
SPENCER TO HARTLEY…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SPIRIT LAKE TO 6 MILES EAST OF SPENCER TO 17 MILES
WEST OF SPENCER…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 28 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
ROYAL AROUND 705 PM CDT…
GREENVILLE AROUND 710 PM CDT…
WEBB AROUND 720 PM CDT…

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A
STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.