BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1128 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EAST CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT.

* AT 1126 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
KNOXVILLE…OR 28 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 29 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
KNOXVILLE AND KNOXVILLE AIRPORT BY 1135 PM CDT…
9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PELLA AIRPORT BY 1140 PM CDT…
HARVEY BY 1150 PM CDT…
BUSSEY AND MARYSVILLE BY MIDNIGHT CDT…
BUSSEY AND HAMILTON BY 1205 AM CDT…

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.