BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
642 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 638 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO NEAR WAUKEE…OR 16 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO IN EASTERN DALLAS COUNTY.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
GRIMES BY 655 PM CDT…
URBANDALE BY 700 PM CDT…
JOHNSTON BY 705 PM CDT…
SAYLORVILLE BY 710 PM CDT…
ANKENY AIRPORT AND ANKENY BY 715 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 126 AND 138.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 93.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 235 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 14.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT TO SEE IT OR HEAR IT COMING…IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.