BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1002 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
OSCEOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA…
SOUTHEASTERN NOBLES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA…

* 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 6 MILES NORTH OF ESTHERVILLE TO SIBLEY…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
SUPERIOR…ORLEANS AND LAKE PARK AROUND 1010 PM CDT…
SPIRIT LAKE AND OCHEYEDAN AROUND 1015 PM CDT…
OKOBOJI AROUND 1020 PM CDT…
WAHPETON AROUND 1025 PM CDT…
WEST OKOBOJI AND ARNOLDS PARK AROUND 1030 PM CDT…
MILFORD AND MELVIN AROUND 1035 PM CDT…
TERRIL AROUND 1040 PM CDT…
FOSTORIA AROUND 1045 PM CDT…

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.

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.