BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
407 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT.

* AT 403 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL…AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BOONE…OR 34 MILES NORTHWEST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
LUTHER BY 410 PM CDT…
MADRID BY 415 PM CDT…
KELLEY BY 420 PM CDT…
SHELDAHL…SLATER AND HUXLEY BY 425 PM CDT…
ALLEMAN…POLK CITY AND CAMBRIDGE BY 430 PM CDT…
ELKHART BY 435 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 94 AND 119.

GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. SEVERE
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN SOUND LIKE A TORNADO…AND PRODUCE SIMILAR
DAMAGE.

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

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL.