BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1240 PM CDT WED SEP 22 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA…
NORTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA…

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 1240 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WALNUT SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAWARDEN…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
HUDSON AROUND 1245 PM CDT…
IRETON AROUND 1250 PM CDT…
ROCK VALLEY AND MAURICE AROUND 105 PM CDT…
SIOUX CENTER AROUND 115 PM CDT…
ORANGE CITY AROUND 120 PM CDT…
HULL AND ALTON AROUND 125 PM CDT…
BOYDEN AND MATLOCK AROUND 130 PM CDT…

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.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!