BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
649 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 648 PM CDT…A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF
DALLAS CENTER…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD…DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.

IMPACT…MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
GRIMES…URBANDALE…JOHNSTON…POLK CITY…ANKENY…HUXLEY…
SAYLORVILLE LAKE…SAYLORVILLE…SHELDAHL…SLATER…ALLEMAN…
ELKHART…CAMBRIDGE AND MAXWELL.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 126 AND 132.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 90 AND 111.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME…A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS…MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

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LAT…LON 4160 9381 4186 9382 4187 9380 4186 9370
4193 9370 4206 9347 4181 9335 4176 9335
TIME…MOT…LOC 2349Z 232DEG 44KT 4170 9387

TORNADO…OBSERVED
HAIL…1.75IN

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DONAVON