BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1149 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BUENA VISTA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
EXTREME SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1147 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LARRABEE TO 10 MILES WEST OF CHEROKEE TO 15 MILES WEST OF QUIMBY…AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
QUIMBY…LARRABEE…CHEROKEE AROUND MIDNIGHT CDT…
AURELIA AROUND 1205 AM CDT…
PETERSON AROUND 1210 AM CDT…
LINN GROVE…ALTA AROUND 1215 AM CDT…
TRUESDALE…STORM LAKE AROUND 1220 AM CDT…
SIOUX RAPIDS AROUND 1225 AM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.