BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
237 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT.

* AT 234 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
GILMORE CITY…OR 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING
EAST AT 29 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
GILMORE CITY BY 240 PM CDT…
PIONEER AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF BRADGATE BY 245 PM CDT…
CLARE BY 250 PM CDT…
RUTLAND BY 255 PM CDT…
DAKOTA CITY AND HUMBOLDT BY 305 PM CDT…
BADGER BY 310 PM CDT…

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A
MOBILE HOME…SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN IOWA.

REPORT TORNADOES…WIND IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH…HAIL LARGER THAN ONE
HALF INCH…OR STORM DAMAGE BY CALLING LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
ASKING THEM TO RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.