BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
503 PM CDT SAT OCT 23 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WEST CENTRAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA…

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 501 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JEFFERSON…OR NEAR PONCA…AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
ELK POINT AROUND 520 PM CDT…
AKRON AROUND 530 PM CDT…

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WESTFIELD.

THIS STORM IS ALSO INDICATING SOME ROTATION IN THE LOW LEVELS. IF IT STRENGTHENS…A TORNADO WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

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.