BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1126 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
SOUTHWESTERN O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
SOUTHEASTERN SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1121 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF ORANGE CITY TO STRUBLE TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERRILL…AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
REMSEN…ALTON..LE MARS AROUND 1135 PM CDT…
HOSPERS…GRANVILLE AROUND 1140 PM CDT…
MARCUS AROUND 1145 PM CDT…
CLEGHORN AROUND 1150 PM CDT…
WASHTA…PAULLINA AROUND 1155 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.