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

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…
CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
IDA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT

* AT 356 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 PETERSON TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF BATTLE CREEK…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
ROYAL…ARTHUR AND ALTA AROUND 405 AM CDT…
LINN GROVE AROUND 410 AM CDT…
GREENVILLE…SPENCER…FOSTORIA AND TRUESDALE AROUND 415 AM CDT…
WEBB AROUND 425 AM CDT…
NEWELL…MARATHON AND ALBERT CITY AROUND 430 AM CDT…

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE REMBRANDT.

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.