BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
942 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
PIPESTONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA…
NORTHERN ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA…
LAKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA…
NORTHEASTERN MCCOOK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA…
NORTHERN MINNEHAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA…
MOODY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA…

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 942 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING MULTIPLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF
DOLLAR SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EGAN TO 6
MILES SOUTHWEST OF WENTWORTH TO 6 MILES WEST OF ORLAND…AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
JASPER AROUND 955 PM CDT…
LAKE HERMAN STATE PARK AROUND 1000 PM CDT…
HARDWICK…WENTWORTH…RAMONA AND MADISON AROUND 1010 PM CDT…
TROSKY AROUND 1015 PM CDT…
PIPESTONE NATIONAL MONUMENT AND PIPESTONE AROUND 1020 PM CDT…
EDGERTON AROUND 1025 PM CDT…
WARD…HOLLAND AND NUNDA AROUND 1030 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THESE ARE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS. DUE TO THE ROTATING NATURE OF THESE
STORMS…THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER…
INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL…DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND
POSSIBLY TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER…PREFERABLY INTO
AN INTERIOR ROOM…SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR A CLOSET…OR INTO A
BASEMENT.