Severe Weather

New Warning (Buena Vista, Clay and O’Brien) until 6:15pm

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
541 PM CDT WED SEP 22 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…
EASTERN O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 541 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF
EVERLY TO SUTHERLAND…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
ROYAL AROUND 555 PM CDT…
SPENCER AND PETERSON AROUND 600 PM CDT…
LINN GROVE AROUND 605 PM CDT…
SIOUX RAPIDS AND GREENVILLE AROUND 610 PM CDT…
WEBB AND MARATHON AROUND 615 PM CDT…

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

THIS REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR THE AREA.

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.