BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
742 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT.

* AT 739 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NEW
PROVIDENCE…OR 46 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WATERLOO…MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 43 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
UNION BY 745 PM CDT…
WHITTEN BY 750 PM CDT…
LISCOMB AND ALBION BY 755 PM CDT…
MARSHALLTOWN AIRPORT AND CONRAD BY 800 PM CDT…
MARSHALLTOWN BY 805 PM CDT…
LE GRAND BY 815 PM CDT…

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!

THIS IS A HAZARDOUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT…OR IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE OR IN A
CAR…SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN IOWA.