BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1223 AM CDT SUN JUL 18 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTH CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1220 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF POCAHONTAS…OR 27 MILES NORTHEAST OF STORM LAKE…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR…
POCAHONTAS AROUND 1230 AM CDT.
PALMER AROUND 1245 AM CDT.
MANSON AROUND 100 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE 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.