BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
550 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 546 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF IOWA FALLS…OR 38 MILES EAST OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR…
ALDEN BY 600 PM CDT…
IOWA FALLS BY 615 PM CDT…

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A HAZARDOUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT…OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE OR IN A CAR…SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.