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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 844 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSCEOLA…OR 48 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
VAN WERT…WELDON…LE ROY…GARDEN GROVE…HUMESTON AND DERBY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 18 AND 30.

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.