Severe Weather

TORNADO WARNING (Black Hawk and Grundy)

This includes the Waterloo and Cedar Falls Metro area!

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
749 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
WESTERN BLACK HAWK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
EASTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 748 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF HUDSON…OR 14 MILES WEST OF WATERLOO. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
HUDSON…CEDAR FALLS AND WATERLOO BY 815 PM CDT…

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.