BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
911 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHERN SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 911 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MAURICE…OR 8 MILES WEST OF ORANGE CITY…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
ORANGE CITY AROUND 925 PM CDT…
ALTON AROUND 930 PM CDT…
HOSPERS AROUND 940 PM CDT…
GRANVILLE AROUND 945 PM CDT…

THIS EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR SIOUX COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.