BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
853 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
EAST CENTRAL SAC COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 851 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE VIEW…OR 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STORM LAKE…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
AT 850 PM…A SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR LAKE VIEW.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
SAC CITY…ROCKWELL CITY…YETTER…LYTTON…JOLLEY AND POMEROY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IMMEDIATELY SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT…OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE…IN A MOBILE HOME…OR IN A VEHICLE…SEEK
SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT…FIND THE LOWEST SPOT AVAILABLE AND COVER YOUR HEAD.