BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1114 AM CDT THU JUL 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT

* AT 1114 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF ALCESTER…OR 8 MILES EAST OF BERESFORD…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
HUDSON AROUND 1125 AM CDT…
ROCK VALLEY AROUND 1135 AM CDT…
SIOUX CENTER…HULL…ORANGE CITY AROUND 1145 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. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.