Severe Weather

TORNADO WARNING (O’Brien) until Midnight

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1114 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1112 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A LARGE RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF HOSPERS…OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF ORANGE CITY…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR…
PAULLINA AROUND 1145 PM CDT…

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNINGS FOR 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.

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