BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1006 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT.

* AT 1002 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
KELLEY…OR 27 MILES NORTH OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
28 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
KELLEY BY 1005 PM CDT…
SLATER…AMES AIRPORT AND SHELDAHL BY 1010 PM CDT…
HUXLEY BY 1020 PM CDT…
CAMBRIDGE AND ALLEMAN BY 1025 PM CDT…
ELKHART AND MAXWELL BY 1035 PM CDT…
MINGO BY 1045 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 93 AND 123.

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SEEK SAFETY INDOORS
UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

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.