BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
737 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 732 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF OSCEOLA…OR 26 MILES EAST
OF CRESTON…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
OSCEOLA…TRURO…OSCEOLA AIRPORT…NEW VIRGINIA…ST. CHARLES AND
WOODBURN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 32 AND 55.

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.

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT…ACT QUICKLY. TAKE COVER
NOW!