BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
732 PM CDT SUN AUG 8 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
IDA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN WOODBURY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 733 PM 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 LE MARS TO CUSHING TO SMITHLAND…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
HOLSTEIN AND BATTLE CREEK AROUND 740 PM CDT…
QUIMBY AROUND 745 PM CDT…
IDA GROVE AND GALVA AROUND 750 PM CDT…
AURELIA…CHEROKEE AND ARTHUR AROUND 800 PM CDT…

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE MERIDEN.

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.