BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
813 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 812 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WINTERSET…OR 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
WINTERSET AND PATTERSON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES.