Severe Weather

TORNADO WARNING (Lyon and Osceola) until 10:30pm

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
EASTERN LYON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
WESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 953 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LITTLE ROCK…OR 12 MILES EAST OF ROCK RAPIDS…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR…
SIBLEY AROUND 1005 PM CDT…
ASHTON AROUND 1020 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!

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.