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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
644 AM CDT THU AUG 13 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...
NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...
* UNTIL 715 AM CDT.
* AT 643 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER KELLEY, OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF AMES, MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 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...
AMES, NEVADA, IOWA STATE CENTER, AND AMES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AROUND
650 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ZEARING, KELLEY, MCCALLSBURG, AMES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, AND COLO.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 106 AND 124.
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 4190 9362 4194 9369 4218 9361 4219 9323
4196 9334
TIME...MOT...LOC 1143Z 223DEG 32KT 4195 9363
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
HAHN
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