BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
644 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
LYON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
OSCEOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
NORTHEASTERN SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
EASTERN MINNEHAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
NOBLES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 642 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM ROWENA TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOSPERS…AND WERE MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
HILLS…VALLEY SPRINGS…GARRETSON…LESTER AROUND 650 PM CDT…
BEAVER CREEK…SHERMAN…SHELDON…ROCK RAPIDS AROUND 655 PM CDT…
GEORGE AROUND 700 PM CDT…
LUVERNE AROUND 705 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA.