BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1119 PM CDT TUE AUG 3 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
* AT 1117 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENFIELD…OR 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR…
GREENFIELD AROUND 1125 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE MACKSBURG.
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!