BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
328 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…
HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FORT DODGE…
NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT.

* AT 325 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL…AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
DUNCOMBE…OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 46 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
LEHIGH BY 330 PM CDT…
WEBSTER CITY AIRPORT BY 335 PM CDT…
STRATFORD BY 340 PM CDT…
STANHOPE AND KAMRAR BY 345 PM CDT…
JEWELL BY 355 PM CDT…
RANDALL AND ELLSWORTH BY 400 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 122 AND 144.

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 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. AT 328 PM…LAW ENFORCEMNT REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN
FORT DODGE.

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.