Severe Weather

New Warning (Clarke, Lucas, Warren)

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT.

* AT 455 PM CDT…LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF
BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUCAS…OR
29 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING EAST AT 44 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
LUCAS BY 505 PM CDT…
CHARITON AIRPORT BY 515 PM CDT…
WILLIAMSON AND CHARITON BY 520 PM CDT…
8 MILES NORTH OF RUSSELL BY 525 PM CDT…

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A
MOBILE HOME…SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AT 450 PM
CDT IN NEW VIRGINIA.