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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 638 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 8 MILES NORTH OF ELDORA…OR 38 MILES WEST OF WATERLOO. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
ACKLEY BY 655 PM CDT…
ACKLEY BY 700 PM CDT…
WELLSBURG AND APLINGTON BY 715 PM CDT…

A TORNADO WAS ALSO REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS AT 630 PM CDT NORTH OF STEAMBOAT ROCK.

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.