BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
500 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
EAST CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 456 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINTERSET…OR 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

AT 457 PM A ROTATING WALL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR BEVINGTON.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
NORWALK…INDIANOLA…CARLISLE…PATTERSON…ST. CHARLES…
BEVINGTON…ST. MARYS…MARTENSDALE…SPRING HILL AND ACKWORTH.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 49 AND 64.

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.