BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
634 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 631 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHARITON…OR 18 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CENTERVILLE…AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN WAYNE…EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN LUCAS…NORTHWESTERN APPANOOSE AND SOUTHWESTERN MONROE
COUNTIES.

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.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO…THIS STORM IS ALSO EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
AND 60 MPH DESTRUCTIVE WINDS.