BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
629 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA…
NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA…
EASTERN MCCOOK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA…
WESTERN MINNEHAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA…
NORTHERN TURNER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA…

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 629 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ORLAND TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CLAYTON…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
MONTROSE AROUND 635 PM CDT…
MONROE…MARION…HUMBOLDT AND COLTON AROUND 645 PM CDT…
DELL RAPIDS…PARKER…WALL LAKE AND HARTFORD AROUND 655 PM CDT…
CROOKS AND BALTIC AROUND 700 PM CDT…
TEA AND SIOUX FALLS AROUND 710 PM CDT…

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA.