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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
IDA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
WOODBURY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT

* AT 221 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAWTON TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF GALVA…AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
ANTHON AROUND 230 AM CDT…
IDA GROVE…ARTHUR AROUND 235 AM CDT…
BATTLE CREEK AROUND 240 AM CDT…
SMITHLAND…DANBURY AROUND 250 AM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL. 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.

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