Severe Weather

TORNADO WARNING (O’Brien and Sioux) until 11:30pm

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1042 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
WESTERN O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1042 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MATLOCK…OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF ORANGE CITY…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR…
SHELDON AROUND 1055 PM CDT…
ARCHER AROUND 1115 PM CDT…
SANBORN AROUND 1120 PM 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.