BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
200 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BUENA VISTA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 200 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SUTHERLAND TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF PETERSON TO 6 MILES NORTH OF GALVA…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
PETERSON AROUND 205 AM CDT…
LINN GROVE AND ALTA AROUND 210 AM CDT…
ROYAL AROUND 215 AM CDT…
TRUESDALE…STORM LAKE AND SIOUX RAPIDS AROUND 220 AM CDT…
LAKESIDE AND GREENVILLE AROUND 225 AM CDT…
WEBB…MARATHON…ALBERT CITY AND NEWELL AROUND 230 AM CDT…

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

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.