BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
506 PM CDT SAT OCT 23 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
CENTRAL SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 507 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR REMSEN…OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF LE MARS…AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
ALTON AROUND 525 PM CDT…
ORANGE CITY AROUND 530 PM CDT…
SIOUX CENTER AROUND 545 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.