BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1028 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA…
SOUTHERN LYON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA…
MURRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA…
NORTHWESTERN NOBLES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA…
PIPESTONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA…
NORTHERN ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA…
EASTERN LAKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA…
NORTHERN MINNEHAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA…
MOODY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA…
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
* AT 1026 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING MULTIPLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WALNUT
SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST
OF HOLLAND TO EGAN TO WENTWORTH…AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS NORTH OF A LINE FROM EGAN SOUTH DAKOTA…TO RUTHTON
MINNESOTA…TO TRACY MINNESOTA WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO SEE LARGE
HAIL…WHILE DAMAGING WINDS ARE A GREATER THREAT IN AREAS
FARTHER TO THE SOUTH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
COLMAN AND BALTIC AROUND 1040 PM CDT…
DELL RAPIDS AROUND 1045 PM CDT…
RUTHTON…TYLER AND HOLLAND AROUND 1050 PM CDT…
TRENT AND FLORENCE AROUND 1055 PM CDT…
EGAN AROUND 1100 PM CDT…
FLANDREAU AROUND 1105 PM CDT…
BALATON AND CURRENT LAKE AROUND 1115 PM CDT…
JASPER AROUND 1120 PM CDT…
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
GARVIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
THIS IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. 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.