This warning includes the Siouxland and the city of Sioux City.

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1132 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
DAKOTA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
SOUTHEASTERN DIXON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
WESTERN WOODBURY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1131 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 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF JEFFERSON TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF EMERSON…AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
JACKSON…STONE STATE PARK…HUBBARD AROUND 1140 PM CDT…
HINTON…SIOUX CITY…SOUTH SIOUX CITY AROUND 1145 PM CDT…
HOMER…DAKOTA CITY AROUND 1150 PM CDT…
SERGEANT BLUFF…LAWTON AROUND 1155 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH…DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…DEADLY LIGHTNING…AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.