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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
LYON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
OSCEOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NOBLES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA…
SOUTHEASTERN ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA…

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 754 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF
DOLLAR SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LESTER TO
HOSPERS…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
ROCK RAPIDS AROUND 800 PM CDT…
SHELDON…ARCHER…MATLOCK AND GEORGE AROUND 805 PM CDT…
SANBORN…LITTLE ROCK…ASHTON AND ELLSWORTH AROUND 815 PM CDT…
SIBLEY AND MELVIN AROUND 820 PM CDT…
ADRIAN AROUND 825 PM CDT…
OCHEYEDAN…LISMORE…WILMONT AND HARRIS AROUND 830 PM CDT…

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
STEEN…MAGNOLIA AND BIGELOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS…PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A
SHELTER…PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.