BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
514 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 514 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RED OAK…OR 37 MILES NORTH OF TARKIO…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
COBURG…ESSEX…HEPBURN…YORKTOWN…SHAMBAUGH…COLLEGE SPRINGS AND CLARINDA

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR…IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND…OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM…MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.