Severe Weather

TORNADO WARNING (Cherokee, O’Brien, Plymouth and Sioux) until 12:15am

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1140 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1140 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STRUBLE…OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF LE MARS…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR…
ALTON…REMSEN AND ORANGE CITY AROUND 1150 PM CDT…
GRANVILLE…MARCUS AND HOSPERS AROUND MIDNIGHT CDT…

IN ADDITION TO THREAT OF TORNADOES…THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

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.