BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
103 AM CDT MON AUG 3 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
NORTHERN IDA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
SOUTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
NORTHEASTERN WOODBURY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 101 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES EAST OF HINTON TO KINGSLEY…AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
PIERSON AROUND 115 AM CDT…
MOVILLE…WASHTA AROUND 120 AM CDT…
HOLSTEIN…CORRECTIONVILLE AROUND 135 AM CDT…
CUSHING AROUND 140 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.