Severe Weather

New Warning (Lyon and Sioux) until 8:30pm

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
746 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
LYON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA…
NORTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA…

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 747 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR INWOOD…OR 10 MILES EAST OF CANTON…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
DOON AROUND 755 PM CDT…
HULL…SIOUX CENTER AND GEORGE AROUND 805 PM CDT…
BOYDEN AROUND 810 PM CDT…
MATLOCK AND ORANGE CITY AROUND 815 PM CDT…
HOSPERS AROUND 820 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR…DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…DEADLY LIGHTNING…AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.