BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
314 AM CDT FRI JUN 11 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
IDA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
EXTREME SOUTHERN SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
WOODBURY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 314 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ORANGE CITY TO HORNICK…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
KINGSLEY AROUND 320 AM CDT…
SMITHLAND AND PIERSON AROUND 325 AM CDT…
MARCUS AND ANTHON AROUND 330 AM CDT…
CORRECTIONVILLE AND CLEGHORN AROUND 335 AM CDT…
WASHTA…DANBURY AND CUSHING AROUND 340 AM CDT…
QUIMBY AROUND 345 AM CDT…
LARRABEE…HOLSTEIN…CHEROKEE AND BATTLE CREEK AROUND 350 AM CDT…
IDA GROVE AND AURELIA AROUND 355 AM CDT…

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE OTO AND MERIDEN.

THIS EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR WOODBURY AND PLYMOUTH COUNTIES.

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.

INTENSE SQUALL LINES CAN OCCASSIONALY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.