BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1056 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT.

* AT 1053 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 32 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 34 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
HARVEY BY 1105 PM CDT…
MARYSVILLE AND BUSSEY BY 1115 PM CDT…
HAMILTON AND LOVILIA BY 1120 PM CDT…
ALBIA BY 1135 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.

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.