BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
139 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA…
* UNTIL 215 PM CDT
* AT 139 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WAHPETON…OR 7 MILES WEST OF SPIRIT LAKE…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
ORLEANS AROUND 145 PM CDT…
JACKSON AND LAKEFIELD AROUND 200 PM CDT…
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ALPHA.
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.