BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
756 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN IDA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN WOODBURY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 756 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR
SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ANTHON…OR 23 MILES WEST OF IDA GROVE…AND MOVING
NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
MOVILLE AROUND 810 PM CDT…
CORRECTIONVILLE AROUND 815 PM CDT…
PIERSON AROUND 825 PM CDT…
KINGSLEY AND WASHTA AROUND 830 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.