BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1002 PM CDT THU JUN 3 2010

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…
SOUTHERN SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 1002 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HAWARDEN TO 6 MILES EAST OF AKRON TO 6 MILES NORTH OF JEFFERSON…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

AT 959 PM CDT…WIND GUSTS OF 62 MPH WERE REPORTED 1/2 MILE WEST OF HAWARDEN BY THE HAWARDEN CIVIL DEFENSE.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
IRETON AND CRAIG AROUND 1010 PM CDT…
STRUBLE…MERRILL AND HINTON AROUND 1015 PM CDT…
SIOUX CENTER…MAURICE AND LE MARS AROUND 1020 PM CDT…
ORANGE CITY AND ALTON AROUND 1030 PM CDT…
REMSEN AROUND 1035 PM CDT…
HOSPERS…KINGSLEY AND GRANVILLE AROUND 1040 PM CDT…
MARCUS…CLEGHORN AND PAULLINA AROUND 1045 PM CDT…

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE BRUNSVILLE AND OYENS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR…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.