BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
412 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN LYON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
NORTHERN O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
SOUTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
NORTHEASTERN SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 412 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ASHTON…OR 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROCK RAPIDS…MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
MELVIN…SANBORN AROUND 420 PM CDT…
PRIMGHAR AROUND 425 PM CDT…
HARTLEY AROUND 435 PM CDT…

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND.

IN ADDITION…A BRIEF TORNADO COULD TOUCH DOWN ON THE LEADING EDGE
OF THESE STORMS.

GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.