BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
108 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
SOUTHEASTERN SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
CENTRAL UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 107 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AKRON…OR 14 MILES WEST OF LE MARS…AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
CRAIG…LE MARS AROUND 120 AM CDT…
STRUBLE…IRETON AROUND 125 AM CDT…
MAURICE AROUND 130 AM CDT…
ORANGE CITY…ALTON…SIOUX CENTER AROUND 135 AM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH…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.