Full Notification

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Eastern Lyon County in northwestern Iowa... Osceola County in northwestern Iowa... Dickinson County in northwestern Iowa... Eastern Rock County in southwestern Minnesota... Jackson County in southwestern Minnesota... Nobles County in southwestern Minnesota... Murray County in southwestern Minnesota... Cottonwood County in southwestern Minnesota... Eastern Pipestone County in southwestern Minnesota...

* Until 345 AM CDT.

* At 240 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Current Lake to near Rushmore to near Sheldon, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near... Sibley and Rushmore around 245 AM CDT. Slayton around 250 AM CDT. Worthington, Ocheyedan, Currie, Melvin and Lake Shetek State Park around 255 AM CDT. Brewster, Round Lake, Harris and Dovray around 300 AM CDT. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Lake Park, Westbrook, Heron Lake, Storden, Milford, Lakefield, Okoboji, Orleans, Jeffers, Wahpeton and West Okoboji.

* AFFECTED AREAS: DICKINSON, IA ... LYON, IA ... OSCEOLA, IA ... COTTONWOOD, MN ... JACKSON, MN ... MURRAY, MN ... NOBLES, MN ... PIPESTONE, MN ... ROCK, MN

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.