BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
841 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 836 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF GARNER…OR 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MASON CITY…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR KLEMME.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…MESERVEY AND THORNTON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 177 AND 182.

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.