BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
446 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 442 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 11
MILES WEST OF EMMETSBURG…OR 13 MILES EAST OF SPENCER. DOPPLER
RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
EMMETSBURG AROUND 500 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE CYLINDER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TO REPEAT…A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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.