BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1138 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN BUENA VISTA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1138 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OCHEYEDAN TO SUTHERLAND TO LARRABEE…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
LAKE PARK AND EVERLY AROUND 1145 PM CDT…
ROYAL AND PETERSON AROUND 1150 PM CDT…
WEST OKOBOJI…WAHPETON…SPIRIT LAKE AND SPENCER AROUND 1155 PM CDT…
ORLEANS AND SIOUX RAPIDS AROUND MIDNIGHT CDT…
TERRIL AND SUPERIOR AROUND 1205 AM CDT…
WEBB…MARATHON AND ALBERT CITY AROUND 1210 AM CDT…

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE ROSSIE…REMBRANDT…DICKENS AND GILLETT GROVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR…DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…DEADLY LIGHTNING…AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.