BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
215 AM CDT FRI JUN 11 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
DAKOTA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…
DIXON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…
CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA…
UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA…

* UNTIL 245 AM CDT

* AT 215 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM IRENE TO WAKEFIELD…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
PONCA AROUND 220 AM CDT…
JACKSON…HUBBARD…HOMER AND ELK POINT AROUND 225 AM CDT…
AKRON…NORTH SIOUX CITY…JEFFERSON AND ALCESTER AROUND 230 AM CDT…

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE WATERBURY AND WESTFIELD.

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.

INTENSE SQUALL LINES CAN OCCASSIONALY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.