BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
545 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 544 PM CDT…A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CRESTON…
MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD…DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.

IMPACT…FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS…WINDOWS…AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
GREEN VALLEY LAKE AROUND 555 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CRESTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT…ORIENT…GREEN VALLEY LAKE STATE PARK AND
MACKSBURG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

&&

LAT…LON 4100 9444 4130 9441 4127 9417 4098 9431
TIME…MOT…LOC 2244Z 189DEG 32KT 4104 9437

TORNADO…OBSERVED
HAIL…1.00IN

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COGIL