Severe Weather

TORNADO WARNING (Clay, Dickinson, O’Brien and Osceola) until 10:45pm

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1022 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 1022 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF HARTLEY…OR 15 MILES WEST OF SPENCER…AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR…
HARTLEY AND EVERLY AROUND 1030 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME…A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS…MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.