BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
747 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA…

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 747 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR
SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HILLS…OR 12 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ROCK RAPIDS…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
BEAVER CREEK AROUND 755 PM CDT…
LUVERNE AROUND 805 PM CDT…

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE STEEN
AND MAGNOLIA.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA.