BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
246 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN BUENA VISTA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHERN IDA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL WOODBURY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT

* AT 246 AM 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 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CUSHING…OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF IDA
GROVE…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
GALVA AROUND 300 AM CDT…
LAKESIDE AND STORM LAKE AROUND 325 AM CDT…
NEWELL AROUND 340 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.