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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 514 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LENOX…OR 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BEDFORD…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD…TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

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.

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR…SOUTHWESTERN UNION…NORTHWESTERN RINGGOLD
AND SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTIES…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
CRESTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT…KENT…CLEARFIELD AND CROMWELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

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LAT…LON 4078 9463 4104 9452 4103 9424 4071 9443
TIME…MOT…LOC 2214Z 205DEG 28KT 4083 9451

TORNADO…RADAR INDICATED
HAIL…1.00IN

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COGIL