BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
304 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 330 PM CST

* AT 304 PM CST…A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF
WINTERSET…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD…DAMAGING TORNADO.

SOURCE…WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.

IMPACT…FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS…WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
WEST DES MOINES AND NORWALK AROUND 330 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ST.
CHARLES…PATTERSON…MARTENSDALE…SPRING HILL…BEVINGTON…ST.
MARYS…CUMMING AND TRURO.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 51 AND 66.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TO REPEAT…A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS…IN A MOBILE HOME…OR
IN A VEHICLE…MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

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LAT…LON 4128 9400 4151 9388 4151 9353 4121 9383
TIME…MOT…LOC 2104Z 208DEG 33KT 4133 9391

TORNADO…OBSERVED
HAIL…<.75IN $$ COGIL