Severe Weather

New Warning (Dickinson, O’Brien, Osceola)

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
712 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
NORTHEASTERN O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
SOUTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 745 PM CST

* AT 712 PM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARTLEY…
OR 19 MILES WEST OF SPENCER…MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
HARTLEY AROUND 715 PM CST…
RURAL OSCEOLA COUNTY EAST OF MELVIN THROUGH 730 PM CST…
RURAL SOUTHWEST DICKINSON COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM CST

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.