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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
739 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...
SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...
NORTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...
SOUTHEASTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 736 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF HUXLEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STATE CENTER...COLLINS...RHODES...COLO AND MELBOURNE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
LAT...LON 4213 9327 4197 9302 4177 9335 4190 9354
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 221DEG 35KT 4188 9338
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
AWB
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