Severe Weather

TORNADO WARNING (O’Brien and Osceola) until 10:45pm

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1009 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTH CENTRAL O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
OSCEOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 1009 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR SIBLEY…OR 18 MILES EAST OF ROCK RAPIDS. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
ASHTON AROUND 1015 PM CDT…
MELVIN AROUND 1030 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE AND TORNADO WARNINGS 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.