BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1222 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA…
NORTHEASTERN MCCOOK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA…
NORTHERN MINNEHAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA…
SOUTHWESTERN MOODY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA…

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1221 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ORLAND TO
ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF HUMBOLDT…AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
COLTON AROUND 1240 AM CDT…
CHESTER AROUND 1245 AM CDT…
CROOKS AROUND 1250 AM CDT…
COLMAN AROUND 1255 AM CDT…
BALTIC…DELL RAPIDS AND TRENT AROUND 100 AM 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.