BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
256 AM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 256 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LE MARS…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
MAURICE AROUND 305 AM CDT…
REMSEN AROUND 310 AM CDT…
ALTON AND ORANGE CITY AROUND 315 AM CDT…
MARCUS AROUND 320 AM CDT…
GRANVILLE…CLEGHORN AND HOSPERS AROUND 325 AM CDT…
PAULLINA AROUND 330 AM CDT…

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE OYENS.

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.