Severe Weather

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Cherokee and O’Brien) until 6pm

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
525 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTH CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHERN O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 525 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR
SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GRANVILLE…OR 9 MILES EAST
OF ORANGE CITY…AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
PAULLINA AROUND 545 PM CDT…

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE CALUMET.

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.