BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
603 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT.

* AT 558 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LIVERMORE…OR 30 MILES NORTH OF FORT DODGE…AND
MOVING EAST AT 49 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
LIVERMORE BY 605 PM CDT…
LU VERNE BY 610 PM CDT…
RENWICK…CORWITH AND HARDY BY 615 PM CDT…
KANAWHA BY 625 PM CDT…
GOODELL BY 635 PM CDT…
BELMOND AND GOODELL BY 640 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.
ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY
AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE. 60 MPH WINDS
WERE RECORDED ON HIGHWAY 18 WEST OF ALGONA.

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.