BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
114 AM CDT TUE AUG 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHERN O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 114 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SANBORN…OR 23 MILES WEST OF SPENCER…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
HARTLEY AROUND 120 AM CDT…
EVERLY AROUND 130 AM CDT…
ROYAL AND FOSTORIA AROUND 140 AM CDT…
SPENCER AROUND 145 AM CDT…
GREENVILLE AROUND 150 AM CDT…

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
MONETA…ROSSIE AND GILLETT GROVE.

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.