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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
BUTLER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
BLACK HAWK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WATERLOO…
BREMER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.

* AT 739 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PLAINFIELD TO NEW HARTFORD TO 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF ELDORA…AND MOVING EAST AT 51 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
NEW HARTFORD…SHELL ROCK…PLAINFIELD AND HOLLAND BY 745 PM CDT…
WAVERLY…GRUNDY CENTER AND DIKE BY 750 PM CDT…
MORRISON…JANESVILLE AND CEDAR FALLS BY 755 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 56 AND 73.

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS…FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE
INDOORS 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
FOR NORTHWESTERN IOWA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN 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.