Severe Weather

New Warning (Lyon and Sioux) until 3:15pm

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
230 PM CDT WED SEP 22 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN LYON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA…
NORTHEASTERN TURNER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA…

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 229 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WORTHING…OR 13
MILES WEST OF CANTON…AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
WORTHING AROUND 235 PM CDT…
HARRISBURG AROUND 240 PM CDT…
CANTON AND NEWTON HILLS STATE PARK AROUND 250 PM CDT…
FAIRVIEW AROUND 255 PM CDT…
INWOOD AND LARCHWOOD AROUND 300 PM CDT…

THIS EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR THE SAME AREA. IN ADDITION…
VERY HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING.

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.