BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
608 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTH CENTRAL POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 605 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 9
MILES NORTHEAST OF GRINNELL…OR 27 MILES WEST OF MARENGO. A
TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME! DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC
STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
CHELSEA AROUND 620 PM CDT.
VINING AND ELBERON AROUND 625 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE IRVING
AND CLUTIER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME…A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS…MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.