BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
552 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTH CENTRAL WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 547 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF GOWRIE…OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
DAYTON…BOXHOLM…PILOT MOUND AND FRASER.

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.