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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN BUENA VISTA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
EAST CENTRAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 955 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SUTHERLAND TO 5 MILES NORTH OF CLEGHORN TO MERRILL…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
LARRABEE AROUND 1005 PM CDT…
MARCUS…PETERSON AROUND 1010 PM CDT…
MERIDEN…CLEGHORN AROUND 1015 PM CDT…
LINN GROVE AND CHEROKEE AROUND 1020 PM CDT…
SIOUX RAPIDS AROUND 1025 PM CDT…
AURELIA AROUND 1030 PM CDT…

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE MERIDEN AND REMBRANDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH 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.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.