United Group Insurance

TEST TORNADO WARNING FOR THE STATE OF IOWA

Weather

March 27th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TEST…TORNADO WARNING…TEST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1015 AM CDT WED MAR 27 2013

…THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES ONLY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A TEST TORNADO WARNING.  NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY.

THIS TEST TORNADO WARNING INITIATES THE WARNING PHASE OF THE 2013
SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK TORNADO DRILL.  REPEATING THIS IS
ONLY A DRILL.  ALL SCHOOLS… BUSINESSES… HOSPITALS… AND OTHER
INSTITUTIONS ARE URGED TO TREAT THIS AS IF IT WERE A REAL
EMERGENCY AND PRACTICE YOUR SEVERE WEATHER EMERGENCY PLANS.

* UNTIL 1035 AM CDT

* THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE.

* THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE.  REPEATING THIS IS A TEST TORNADO WARNING
FOR THE 2013 SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK.

THIS IS THE END OF THE TEST TORNADO WARNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE.

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THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. DO NOT TAKE ACTION BASED ON THIS MESSAGE.