Severe Weather

New Warning (Clay, Dickinson)

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
845 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 843 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPENCER…
AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
FOSTORIA AROUND 855 PM CDT…
MILFORD AROUND 900 PM CDT…
WEST OKOBOJI…ARNOLDS PARK AROUND 905 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH…PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS…AS WELL AS DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…BY
MOVING TO A STRONG SHELTER. A WELL BUILT PERMANENT BUILDING IS
BEST…PREFERABLY TOWARD THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS.