BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
523 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
SOUTHWESTERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
NORTHEASTERN O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
EASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 521 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OCHEYEDAN…OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF WORTHINGTON…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR…
HARTLEY AROUND 605 PM CDT…
EVERLY…MONETA AROUND 615 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES…EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE…LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO…THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.