BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
155 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 156 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEWTON HILLS STATE PARK TO 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF HAWARDEN…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
STRUBLE AND ROCK VALLEY AROUND 205 AM CDT…
SIOUX CENTER AND MAURICE AROUND 210 AM CDT…
ORANGE CITY AND HULL AROUND 215 AM CDT…
ALTON AROUND 220 AM CDT…
BOYDEN AROUND 225 AM 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.