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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 340 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SANBORN TO ROYAL TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF PETERSON…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
ROYAL AND HARTLEY AROUND 345 AM CDT…
GREENVILLE AND EVERLY AROUND 350 AM CDT…
WEBB AND SPENCER AROUND 400 AM CDT…
FOSTORIA AROUND 410 AM CDT…

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE MONETA…ROSSIE…GILLETT GROVE AND DICKENS.

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.