BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1004 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN WEBSTER 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
LEHIGH…OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 28 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
STRATFORD BY 1015 PM CDT…
8 MILES NORTHEAST OF FRASER BY 1020 PM CDT…
STANHOPE BY 1025 PM CDT…
9 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOONE AIRPORT BY 1040 PM CDT…
STORY CITY BY 1045 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 124 AND 125.

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.