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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BUTLER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT.

* AT 642 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 NEAR
ALEXANDER…OR 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MASON CITY…AND MOVING EAST
AT 59 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
ALEXANDER BY 645 PM CDT…
LATIMER AND COULTER BY 650 PM CDT…
HAMPTON AND SHEFFIELD BY 655 PM CDT…
HANSELL BY 700 PM CDT…
AREDALE BY 705 PM CDT…
BRISTOW AND DUMONT BY 710 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 156 AND 191.

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
FOR NORTHERN IOWA.

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.

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.