This does NOT include the Des Moines Metro Area. This is NE of the Metro!

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1152 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1148 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF HUXLEY…OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AMES…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…MARSHALLTOWN…STATE CENTER…COLLINS…COLO…RHODES…MELBOURNE…ST. ANTHONY…CLEMONS AND ALBION.

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.