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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 914 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF SHEFFIELD…OR 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MASON CITY…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR…
HAMPTON AROUND 945 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE LATIMER…COULTER AND HANSELL.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 166 AND 178.

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.