BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
909 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN IDA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN WOODBURY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 909 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ANTHON…OR
21 MILES WEST OF IDA GROVE…AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
CORRECTIONVILLE AND CUSHING AROUND 920 PM CDT…
PIERSON AND KINGSLEY AROUND 925 PM CDT…
WASHTA AROUND 930 PM CDT…
QUIMBY AROUND 940 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.