Severe Weather

New Warning (Dickinson)

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
546 PM CDT WED AUG 13 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 546 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
WEST OF LAKEFIELD…OR 15 MILES EAST OF WORTHINGTON…MOVING SOUTH
AT 16 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
LAKE PARK…ORLEANS…SPIRIT LAKE…OKOBOJI AROUND 630 PM CDT…

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A
STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.