BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
945 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 943 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF MERCER…OR 54 MILES WEST OF LANCASTER…AND MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
CORYDON…SEYMOUR…CENTERVILLE…CLIO…ALLERTON…PROMISE CITY…PLANO…NUMA…MYSTIC…CINCINNATI…RATHBUN…EXLINE…UDELL AND MOULTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!