BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
913 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTH CENTRAL SAC COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 912 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SAC CITY…OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STORM LAKE…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

AT 910 PM…A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR THE SAC CITY AIRPORT.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
POCAHONTAS…FONDA AND VARINA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IMMEDIATELY SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT…OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING. STAY 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.