BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
741 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 738 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF PELLA…OR 32 MILES WEST OF SIGOURNEY…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
NEW SHARON…MONTEZUMA…BROOKLYN…LYNNVILLE…SEARSBORO…
MALCOM…DEEP RIVER…GUERNSEY AND HARTWICK.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 185 AND 204.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.