BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
727 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTH CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NOBLES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA…
NORTHEASTERN ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA…

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 726 PM 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 5 MILES EAST OF LUVERNE TO OCHEYEDAN…
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
RUSHMORE AROUND 735 PM CDT…
WORTHINGTON AROUND 745 PM CDT…
LISMORE AROUND 750 PM CDT…
WILMONT AROUND 755 PM CDT…
BREWSTER AROUND 800 PM CDT…

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
KENNETH.

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.

LINES OF STORMS CAN OCCASSIONALY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES IN ADDITION
TO WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY
AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.