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Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Cherokee, Ida, Plymouth and Woodbury) until 7:15pm

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
631 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN IDA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTH CENTRAL WOODBURY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 632 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 PIERSON…OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LE MARS…AND
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
WASHTA AROUND 650 PM CDT…
QUIMBY AROUND 655 PM CDT…
AURELIA AROUND 715 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.