Severe Weather

New Warning (Buena Vista, Cherokee, Ida)

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
827 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN BUENA VISTA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
NORTHERN IDA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 827 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF GALVA…OR 18 MILES NORTH OF IDA GROVE…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
GALVA AROUND 840 PM CDT…
LAKESIDE…STORM LAKE AROUND 900 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH…PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS…AS WELL AS DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…BY MOVING TO A STRONG SHELTER. A WELL BUILT PERMANENT BUILDING IS BEST…PREFERABLY TOWARD THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING AND AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS.