BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1143 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1141 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED EAST OF GRANVILLE…OR 13 MILES EAST OF ORANGE CITY…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR…
MARCUS AROUND 1215 AM CDT…
CLEGHORN AROUND 1225 AM CDT…

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING IN THE AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME…A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS…MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST RESORT…EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT…OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA.

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.