BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
706 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 702 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO NEAR POLK CITY…OR 12 MILES NORTH OF DES MOINES. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. AT 656 PM CDT…A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY AN OFF DUTY METEOROLOGIST CROSSING HIGHWAY 141…1 MILE NORTH OF GRIMES.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
ELKHART BY 730 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 94 AND 99.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT TO SEE IT OR HEAR IT COMING…IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.