BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1105 AM CDT SUN AUG 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT

* AT 1104 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GRUNDY CENTER…OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WATERLOO…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
REINBECK…
HUDSON…
WATERLOO…
EVANSDALE…
RAYMOND…
ELK RUN HEIGHTS…
GILBERTVILLE…
LA PORTE CITY…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 57 AND 73.

THIS TORNADO WARNING IS AN UPGRADE TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA.

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.