BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
430 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 425 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS IS A SEPERATE STORM FROM THE INITIAL TORNADO WARNING. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF ALGONA…OR 36 MILES EAST OF SPENCER…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
BANCROFT…FENTON…LONE ROCK…BURT AND TITONKA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. IMMEDIATELY SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT…OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING. SATY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE…IN A MOBILE HOME…OR IN A VEHICLE…SEEK
SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT…FIND THE LOWEST SPOT AVAILABLE AND COVER YOUR HEAD.