Severe Weather

TORNADO WARNING (Cherokee and Plymouth) until 3:45am

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
309 AM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
EAST CENTRAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT

* AT 309 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF REMSEN…OR 13 MILES EAST OF LE MARS…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR…
MARCUS AROUND 320 AM CDT…
CLEGHORN AROUND 325 AM CDT…
CHEROKEE AROUND 335 AM CDT…

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE MERIDEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME…A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS…MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.