Severe Weather

TORNADO WARNING (Black Hawk)

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
412 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
BLACK HAWK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 412 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HUDSON…OR 9 MILES WEST OF WATERLOO…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR…
HUDSON BY 420 PM CDT…
WATERLOO BY 425 PM CDT…
EVANSDALE AND ELK RUN HEIGHTS BY 435 PM CDT…
GILBERTVILLE AND RAYMOND BY 440 PM CDT…
LA PORTE CITY BY 445 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 57 AND 73.

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.