BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
509 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT.

* AT 504 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR COLFAX…OR
23 MILES EAST OF DES MOINES…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 41 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
LAMBS GROVE BY 510 PM CDT…
NEWTON AIRPORT AND NEWTON BY 515 PM CDT…
REASNOR BY 520 PM CDT…
SULLY BY 535 PM CDT…
LYNNVILLE BY 540 PM CDT…
SEARSBORO BY 545 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 154 AND 181.

THIS IS A HAZARDOUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT…OR IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE OR IN A
CAR…SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR IOWA.