THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN O`BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 318 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WALNUT SIZE
HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR SIOUX CENTER…OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF ORANGE CITY…
AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
ALTON AROUND 325 PM CDT…
BOYDEN AROUND 330 PM CDT…
HOSPERS AND MATLOCK AROUND 335 PM CDT…
SHELDON AROUND 340 PM CDT…
ARCHER AROUND 350 PM CDT…
SANBORN AROUND 355 PM CDT…
PRIMGHAR AROUND 400 PM CDT…

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.