Severe Weather

TORNADO WARNING (Plymouth and Sioux) until 12:15am

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1126 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHERN SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA…
NORTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA…

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1125 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CRAIG…OR 10 MILES WEST OF LE MARS…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A SECOND TORNADIC CIRCULATION WAS LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF CRAIG.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR…
CRAIG AND HAWARDEN AROUND 1130 PM CDT…
IRETON AROUND 1140 PM CDT…
STRUBLE AROUND 1145 PM CDT…
MAURICE AND HUDSON AROUND 1150 PM CDT…
ORANGE CITY AND SIOUX CENTER AROUND 1205 AM CDT…
ALTON AROUND 1210 AM CDT…
HOSPERS AROUND 1215 AM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME…A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS…MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.