Monday, May 30, 2011

May 30: Local Area Emergency (Dam Overflow)- East Fork Spring Creek Dam, MT


OCAL AREA EMERGENCY
MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
949 AM MDT MON MAY 30 2011

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS 
TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE
MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.

EAST FORK SPRING CREEK DAM 
HAS WATER FLOWING OVER THE SPILLWAY.
THIS WILL INCREASE THE FLOW 
OF WATER INTO SPRING CREEK. RESIDENTS
IN LOW-LYING AREAS SHOULD BE 
AWARE OF FURTHER FLOODING POTENTIAL.
THE DAM IS FUNCTIONING THE WAY 
IT WAS DESIGNED.

THE FERGUS COUNTY DEPARTMENT 
OF EMERGENCY SERVICES IS ALSO
RECOMMENDING ONLY ESSENTIAL 
TRAVEL ON ROADS ACROSS FERGUS COUNTY DUE
TO WIDESPREAD FLOOD DAMAGE TO ROADS.

May 30: Tornado Warning- Eddyville, NE


...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT 
FOR WESTERN DAWSON COUNTY
UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 743 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF 
EDDYVILLE...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF
LEXINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EDDYVILLE.

May 30: Tornado Warning- Emery, SD


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HANSON COUNTY IN 
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON 
COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
  WESTERN MCCOOK COUNTY IN 
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 742 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF CLAYTON...OR 20
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF MITCHELL...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EMERY AND ALEXANDRIA AROUND 750 PM CDT...
  BRIDGEWATER AND FARMER AROUND 755 PM CDT...
  SPENCER AROUND 800 PM CDT...

THIS STORM WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL 
TO PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE
OF GOLF BALLS AS WELL AS WINDS TO 80 MPH.

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May 30: Tornado Warning- Stephan, SD



...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS 
IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL HAND AND HYDE
COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 604 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STEPHAN...
OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF HIGHMORE...
MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGHMORE AROUND 615 PM CDT...

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Normal posting will resume as early as today, and the Place to Be will be issued tomorrow.