BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
611 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL LYON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHERN ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA…

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 611 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ALVORD…OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCK RAPIDS…AND
MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
LESTER AND ROCK RAPIDS AROUND 620 PM CDT…
HILLS AROUND 630 PM CDT…
BEAVER CREEK AROUND 640 PM CDT…
LUVERNE AND BLUE MOUNDS STATE PARK AROUND 645 PM CDT…

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE STEEN.

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.