Severe Weather

New Warning (Plymouth, Woodbury)

Golf Ball Sized hail with this storm SE of Hinton in Plymouth County.
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
234 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
CENTRAL WOODBURY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 229 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF LAWTON…OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY…AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
LAWTON AROUND 245 PM CDT…
MOVILLE AROUND 250 PM CDT…
HORNICK AROUND 315 PM CDT…

AT 228 PM…TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL WITH THIS STORM JUST SOUTH OF HINTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!