Tornado warning issued for Hanson, McCook, Miner counties

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

HANSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

NORTHERN MCCOOK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

EXTREME SOUTHERN MINER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT

* AT 113 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS

STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FULTON...OR 10 MILES EAST OF MITCHELL...AND

MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...

FARMER AROUND 125 PM CDT...

SPENCER AROUND 130 PM CDT...

SALEM AROUND 145 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A

STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST

DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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