BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
430 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…
EASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DES MOINES…
SOUTHWESTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT.

* AT 429 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
POLK CITY…OR 12 MILES NORTH OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 49 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
SAYLORVILLE…ANKENY…ANKENY AIRPORT AND WINDSOR HEIGHTS BY 435 PM
CDT…
ALTOONA BY 440 PM CDT…
PLEASANT HILL…DES MOINES AND DES MOINES INT AIRPORT BY 445 PM
CDT…
CARLISLE AND RUNNELLS BY 455 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 118 AND 153.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 60 AND 109.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 235 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14.

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. WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.