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SVRFSD The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Cherokee County in northwestern Iowa... Eastern Lyon County in northwestern Iowa... Osceola County in northwestern Iowa... Dickinson County in northwestern Iowa... Eastern Sioux County in northwestern Iowa... Eastern Plymouth County in northwestern Iowa... Buena Vista County in northwestern Iowa... Clay County in northwestern Iowa... O'Brien County in northwestern Iowa...

* Until 1115 PM CDT.

* At 954 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Little Rock to Ashton to near Archer to near Marcus to 7 miles north of Kingsley, moving east at 60 mph. THESE ARE DESTRUCTIVE STORMS FOR Sibley, to Paulina, to Cherokee, Iowa! HAZARD...80 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be heavily damaged. Expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. Extensive tree damage and power outages are likely.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near... Sibley, Sanborn, Marcus, Paullina, Primghar, Little Rock, Cleghorn, Melvin, and Larrabee around 1000 PM CDT. Cherokee, Hartley, Sutherland, and Ocheyedan around 1005 PM CDT. Everly, Peterson, and Harris around 1010 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Lake Park, Aurelia, Royal, Linn Grove, Spencer In Clay County, Spirit Lake, Milford, Arnolds Park, Okoboji, Sioux Rapids, Wahpeton, West Okoboji, Fostoria, Greenville, Orleans, Terril, Webb, Superior, Truesdale and Marathon.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BUENA VISTA, IA ... CHEROKEE, IA ... CLAY, IA ... DICKINSON, IA ... LYON, IA ... O'BRIEN, IA ... OSCEOLA, IA ... PLYMOUTH, IA ... SIOUX, IA

Instructions:

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. This is an EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION with tornado like wind speeds expected. Mobile homes and high profile vehicles are especially susceptible to winds of this magnitude and may be overturned. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. These storms have the potential to cause serious injury and significant property damage.