WWUS53 KFSD 200316
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1016 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012

IAC021-035-041-141-149-200323-
/O.EXP.KFSD.SV.W.0106.000000T0000Z-120520T0315Z/
PLYMOUTH IA-O'BRIEN IA-BUENA VISTA IA-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY IA-
1016 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CLAY...NORTHERN
CHEROKEE...NORTHWESTERN BUENA VISTA...SOUTHERN O BRIEN AND
NORTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1015 PM CDT...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS AS THEY MOVE NORTHWARD INTO A MORE STABLE AIR MASS...
AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. BRIEF
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS THOUGH AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST.

BE ALERT FOR FLOODED AREAS THROUGHOUT SECTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA AND
BE AWARE OF THE HAZARDS OF DRIVING IN FLOODING AREAS...ESPECIALLY AT
NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN GIVING COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF
RAINFALL IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. IT WILL TAKE A FEW HOURS FOR THE
RAIN TO RUNOFF.

LAT...LON 4277 9539 4272 9545 4281 9594 4291 9589
      4291 9586 4297 9586 4317 9570 4313 9514
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 209DEG 42KT 4311 9568 4306 9521

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