BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1017 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 1015 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF EAGLE GROVE…OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…EAGLE GROVE…CLARION…VINCENT…GOLDFIELD…WOOLSTOCK…CLARION
AIRPORT…GALT AND BLAIRSBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
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.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT…ACT QUICKLY. TAKE COVER NOW!