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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT.

* AT 446 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
VALERIA…OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING EAST AT
41 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
COLFAX BY 455 PM CDT…
LAMBS GROVE BY 505 PM CDT…
NEWTON…LAMBS GROVE AND NEWTON AIRPORT BY 510 PM CDT…
KELLOGG BY 520 PM CDT…
OAKLAND ACRES AND SULLY BY 525 PM CDT…
GRINNELL AIRPORT AND GRINNELL BY 530 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 154 AND 183.

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.