Severe Weather

TORNADO WARNING (Dickinson, Lyon, O’Brien and Osceola) until 7:30pm

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
658 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN LYON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHERN O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
OSCEOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA…

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 657 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
GEORGE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING BRIEF TORNADOES MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
GEORGE AROUND 705 PM CDT…
ASHTON AND SANBORN AROUND 720 PM CDT…
LITTLE ROCK AROUND 725 PM CDT…
SIBLEY AROUND 730 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME…A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS…MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.