BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
147 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT

* AT 145 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF STORY CITY…OR 12 MILES
NORTHWEST OF AMES…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
STORY CITY…GILBERT…RANDALL…ROLAND…MCCALLSBURG…ZEARING AND
HUBBARD.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 118 AND 131.

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.

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. IMMEDIATELY SEEK SHELTER IN A
BASEMENT…OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING. STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

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