BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1112 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1112 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MASKELL TO 6 MILES WEST OF JACKSON TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF WAKEFIELD…AND MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
ELK POINT AROUND 1120 PM CDT…
STONE STATE PARK…SIOUX CITY…SERGEANT BLUFF AND SOUTH SIOUX CITY AROUND 1125 PM CDT…
SALIX AROUND 1130 PM CDT…
HINTON…SLOAN AND LAWTON AROUND 1135 PM CDT…
MOVILLE AND HORNICK AROUND 1145 PM CDT…
SMITHLAND AND ANTHON AROUND 1150 PM CDT…
PIERSON…DANBURY…CORRECTIONVILLE AND KINGSLEY AROUND 1155 PM CDT…

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE BRONSON AND OTO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!