BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
744 PM CDT THU MAY 11 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BLACK HAWK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TORNADOES WERE REPORTED. ONE TORNADO WAS NEAR DUNKERTON...15 MILES NORTHEAST OF WATERLOO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. A SECOND POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS 5 MILES NORTH OF WATERLOO MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED THROUGH 815 PM CDT...
NORTH WATERLOO
DUNKERTON
DEWAR

THIS REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS LARGE AND DEVASTATING TORNADO...ABANDON YOUR MOBILE HOME AND VEHICLES...GET BELOW GROUND LEVEL IN ANY SHELTER YOU HAVE. THIS TORNADO WILL LEVEL ANY RESIDENTAL BUILDING.

JOHNSON

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