BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
915 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012

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…
WESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 916 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ASHTON TO ARCHER TO REMSEN…AND MOVING
EAST AT 60 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
HARTLEY AROUND 925 PM CDT…
LARRABEE AND SUTHERLAND AROUND 930 PM CDT…
ROYAL AND EVERLY AROUND 935 PM CDT…
LINN GROVE AND PETERSON AROUND 940 PM CDT…

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
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.