Severe Thunderstorm Warning 486, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Issued

Aug 3, 2004, 11:42 AM CDT (16:42 UTC)

Expired

Aug 3, 2004, 12:45 PM CDT

In force

63 min

Issued by

NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Rock County, MN, Minnehaha County, SD

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WUUS53 KFSD 031642
SVRFSD
MNC133-SDC099-031745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1142 AM CDT TUE AUG 3 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNEHAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
  ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT

* AT 1137 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM BALTIC TO 10 MILES WEST OF BRANDON...OR FROM 17
  MILES NORTH OF SIOUX FALLS TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS...
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BRANDON AROUND 1150 AM CDT
  SHERMAN...GARRETSON AROUND 1155 AM CDT
  VALLEY SPRINGS AROUND NOON CDT
  BEAVER CREEK AROUND 1205 PM CDT
  LUVERNE...HARDWICK AROUND 1220 PM CDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE 
FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY 
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY 
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. GO INSIDE A
STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4382 9677 4354 9680 4352 9609 4384 9609

$$

MG

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.