BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
104 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN WOODBURY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…
NORTHERN DIXON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…
SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA…

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 104 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AKRON TO PONCA TO 7 MILES NORTH OF DIXON…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
PONCA AROUND 110 AM CDT…
MARTINSBURG AND JEFFERSON AROUND 115 AM CDT…
STONE STATE PARK…MERRILL…HINTON AND NORTH SIOUX CITY AROUND 130 AM CDT…
SIOUX CITY AND SOUTH SIOUX CITY AROUND 140 AM 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.