BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
139 AM CDT THU JUL 22 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BUENA VISTA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHERN IDA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 138 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PETERSON TO 7 MILES NORTH OF ALTA TO QUIMBY…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
GREENVILLE AROUND 145 AM CDT…
TRUESDALE…SIOUX RAPIDS…GALVA AND ALTA AROUND 150 AM CDT…
WEBB AND STORM LAKE AROUND 200 AM CDT…
MARATHON AND LAKESIDE AROUND 205 AM CDT…
ALBERT CITY AROUND 210 AM CDT…
NEWELL AROUND 225 AM CDT…

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE REMBRANDT AND GILLETT GROVE.

SEVERAL REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE WERE RECEIVED FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT IN CHEROKEE COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THE WET GROUND IS MAKING IT EASY FOR WINDS TO UPROOT TREES.