BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
145 AM CDT TUE AUG 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 143 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TERRIL TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPENCER TO GREENVILLE TO PETERSON TO LARRABEE…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
SIOUX RAPIDS AROUND 150 AM CDT…
WEBB AROUND 155 AM CDT…
TRUESDALE AND MARATHON AROUND 200 AM CDT…
ALBERT CITY AROUND 205 AM CDT…

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

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.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS SANBORN AND EVERLY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!