BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
942 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WOODBURY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA…
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 942 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR NORTH SIOUX CITY…OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX
CITY…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
MERRILL AROUND 1000 PM CDT…
CRAIG AND STRUBLE AROUND 1010 PM CDT…
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BRUNSVILLE.
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.