BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
726 PM CDT WED AUG 13 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN BUENA VISTA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 726 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARATHON
TO 5 MILES NORTH OF PETERSON…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 21
MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPENCER TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPENCER…
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 23 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
PETERSON…MARATHON AROUND 735 PM CDT…
SIOUX RAPIDS AROUND 740 PM CDT…
LINN GROVE AROUND 745 PM CDT…
ALBERT CITY AROUND 755 PM CDT…
TRUESDALE AROUND 810 PM CDT…

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND.
GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA.