I just got back in the loop a while ago, and of course as is always the case, there’s been action in NW Iowa. Numerous TORNADO Warnings have been issued early this afternoon in NW Iowa. Here is the latest one issued ten minutes ago.

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
217 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 213 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF TERRIL…OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPENCER…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… GRAETTINGER…WALLINGFORD…ESTHERVILLE AIRPORT…GRUVER…RINGSTED AND ARMSTRONG.

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.

There is a TORNADO Watch until 10pm for the following counties Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O’Brien, Plymouth, Woodbury, Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Clarke, Crawford, Dallas, Decatur, Emmet, Greene, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Madison, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Polk, Ringgold, Sac, Story, Taylor, Union, Warren, Webster, Winnebago, Wright, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and Shelby.