BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
327 AM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN BUENA VISTA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 327 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ARCHER TO PAULLINA TO CLEGHORN…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
LARRABEE AROUND 340 AM CDT…
SUTHERLAND AND HARTLEY AROUND 345 AM CDT…
PETERSON AROUND 355 AM CDT…

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE MERIDEN…CALUMET AND MONETA.

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.