Severe Weather

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Dickinson, Jackson MN and Nobles MN) until 6:15pm

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
515 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA…
EASTERN NOBLES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA…

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 515 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE PARK…OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SPIRIT LAKE…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
HERON LAKE AROUND 535 PM CDT…
LAKEFIELD AROUND 550 PM CDT…
SUPERIOR AROUND 555 PM CDT…
JACKSON AND BERGEN AROUND 615 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.