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2013 [KFSD] SIOUX_FALLS Tornado (TO) Warning (W) Number 21

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682 
WFUS53 KFSD 050025
TORFSD
IAC149-050100-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0021.131005T0025Z-131005T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
725 PM CDT FRI OCT 4 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 724 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR HINTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.

  IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. MOBILE HOMES WILL
           BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES
           AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE.
           FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT
           TREES TO BE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LE MARS AROUND 740 PM CDT.
  REMSEN AROUND 750 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE OYENS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4260 9642 4291 9617 4291 9614 4288 9588
      4256 9621 4256 9625
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 217DEG 37KT 4266 9626

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

CHAPMAN
509 
WWUS53 KFSD 050047
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
747 PM CDT FRI OCT 4 2013

IAC149-050100-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-131005T0100Z/
PLYMOUTH IA-
747 PM CDT FRI OCT 4 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH
COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 746 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LE MARS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
         ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
         BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  REMSEN AROUND 755 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 4268 9610 4270 9618 4284 9622 4291 9617
      4291 9614 4288 9588
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 221DEG 32KT 4278 9608

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

CHAPMAN
527 
WWUS53 KFSD 050058
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
758 PM CDT FRI OCT 4 2013

IAC149-050108-
/O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-131005T0100Z/
PLYMOUTH IA-
758 PM CDT FRI OCT 4 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 800 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 4268 9610 4270 9618 4284 9622 4291 9617
      4291 9614 4288 9588
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 219DEG 46KT 4291 9594

$$

CHAPMAN
Permalink to 201310050025-KFSD-WFUS53-TORFSD
682 
WFUS53 KFSD 050025
TORFSD
IAC149-050100-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0021.131005T0025Z-131005T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
725 PM CDT FRI OCT 4 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 724 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR HINTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.

  IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. MOBILE HOMES WILL
           BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES
           AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE.
           FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT
           TREES TO BE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LE MARS AROUND 740 PM CDT.
  REMSEN AROUND 750 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE OYENS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4260 9642 4291 9617 4291 9614 4288 9588
      4256 9621 4256 9625
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 217DEG 37KT 4266 9626

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

CHAPMAN
Permalink to 201310050047-KFSD-WWUS53-SVSFSD
509 
WWUS53 KFSD 050047
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
747 PM CDT FRI OCT 4 2013

IAC149-050100-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-131005T0100Z/
PLYMOUTH IA-
747 PM CDT FRI OCT 4 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH
COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 746 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LE MARS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
         ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
         BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  REMSEN AROUND 755 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 4268 9610 4270 9618 4284 9622 4291 9617
      4291 9614 4288 9588
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 221DEG 32KT 4278 9608

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

CHAPMAN
Permalink to 201310050058-KFSD-WWUS53-SVSFSD
527 
WWUS53 KFSD 050058
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
758 PM CDT FRI OCT 4 2013

IAC149-050108-
/O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-131005T0100Z/
PLYMOUTH IA-
758 PM CDT FRI OCT 4 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 800 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 4268 9610 4270 9618 4284 9622 4291 9617
      4291 9614 4288 9588
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 219DEG 46KT 4291 9594

$$

CHAPMAN

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