Severe Weather

New Warning (Lyon and Sioux)

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
457 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN LYON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
NORTHWESTERN SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 456 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF FAIRVIEW…OR 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CANTON…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
NEWTON HILLS STATE PARK AROUND 505 PM CDT…
INWOOD AROUND 505 PM CDT…
ROCK VALLEY AROUND 525 PM CDT…
DOON AROUND 530 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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