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

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 345 PM CDT

* AT 310 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 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF MATLOCK…OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROCK RAPIDS…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
ASHTON AROUND 320 PM CDT…
MELVIN AROUND 340 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME…YOU SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…CALL THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN SIOUX FALLS.