BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1211 AM CDT WED JUN 23 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN IDA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHERN O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN WOODBURY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT
* AT 1211 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 HOSPERS TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARCUS TO LAWTON…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
PAULLINA…MOVILLE AND CLEGHORN AROUND 1220 AM CDT…
PIERSON AROUND 1225 AM CDT…
WASHTA AND QUIMBY AROUND 1230 AM CDT…
LARRABEE…CORRECTIONVILLE AND CHEROKEE AROUND 1235 AM CDT…
CUSHING AROUND 1245 AM CDT…
AURELIA AROUND 1250 AM CDT…
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE MERIDEN AND CALUMET.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
THESE STORMS HAVE EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS…PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER…PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.