BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
719 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
WEST CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 719 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER STUART…OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUTHRIE
CENTER…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD…TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT…FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS…WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WEST CENTRAL MADISON AND NORTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTIES.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 96.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS…IN A
MOBILE HOME…OR IN A VEHICLE…MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.