BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1155 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1155 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF WINTERSET…OR 32 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR…
EAST PERU BY 1210 AM CDT…
TRURO BY 1220 AM CDT…
NEW VIRGINIA AND OSCEOLA BY 1230 AM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 49.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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.