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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 913 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF FOSTORIA…OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPENCER…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
FOSTORIA…MILFORD…WEST OKOBOJI…WAHPETON AROUND 920 PM CDT…
ARNOLDS PARK…OKOBOJI…SPIRIT LAKE AROUND 925 PM CDT…
ORLEANS AROUND 930 PM CDT…
TERRIL AROUND 940 PM CDT…
SUPERIOR AROUND 945 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.