Severe Weather

New Warning (Plymouth and Sioux)

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
248 PM CDT THU JUL 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
SOUTHWESTERN SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
EASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
NORTHERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 246 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF UNION COUNTY STATE PARK…OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF VERMILLION…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
AKRON AROUND 305 PM CDT…
CRAIG…IRETON AROUND 315 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…CALL THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN SIOUX FALLS.