Published June 26, 2010, 05:19 PM

Tornado warning issued for Hutchinson County

From the National Weather Service:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

HUTCHINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 456 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE

TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS

DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PARKSTON...OR 29

MILES SOUTH OF MITCHELL...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...

HIGHWAY 44 SOUTH OF CLAYTON AND NEAR CLAYTON AROUND 515 PM CDT...

FREEMAN AROUND 530 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A

STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR

OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT

YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

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