BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
846 PM CDT MON JUL 19 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 843 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEON…OR 58 MILES WEST OF LANCASTER…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
LINEVILLE.
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.