797  
WFUS53 KDMX 162200  
TORDMX  
IAC063-109-147-162245-  
/O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0006.240416T2200Z-240416T2245Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
TORNADO WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
500 PM CDT TUE APR 16 2024  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A  
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHEASTERN EMMET COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA...  
WEST CENTRAL KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...  
NORTHEASTERN PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA...  
 
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 500 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO  
WAS LOCATED OVER FENTON, OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALGONA, MOVING  
NORTH AT 10 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...TORNADO.  
 
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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...  
LONE ROCK AROUND 505 PM CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE FENTON  
AND LONE ROCK.  
 
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.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4336 9426 4317 9434 4318 9449 4337 9448  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 192DEG 9KT 4322 9441  
 
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
 

 
 
COGIL  
 
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