BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1020 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BUENA VISTA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1020 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
LAKESIDE…OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STORM LAKE…AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
NEWELL AND TRUESDALE AROUND 1025 PM CDT…
LINN GROVE AROUND 1035 PM CDT…
ALBERT CITY AND SIOUX RAPIDS AROUND 1040 PM CDT…
MARATHON AROUND 1045 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY…IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND. THIS IS AN
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWESTERN IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.