BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1145 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DES MOINES…
NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT.

* AT 1140 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
ALTOONA…OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 47 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
CARLISLE BY 1150 PM CDT…
RUNNELLS…HARTFORD AND 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRAIRIE CITY BY 1155 PM CDT…
SWAN BY MIDNIGHT CDT…
PLEASANTVILLE AND 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF SANDYVILLE BY 1205 AM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 133 AND 154.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 89.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 235 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 14.

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

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.