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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OTTUMWA…

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT.

* AT 551 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL…AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6
MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALBIA…OR 25 MILES WEST OF OTTUMWA…AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 48 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
ALBIA BY 555 PM CDT…
MORAVIA BY 600 PM CDT…
8 MILES NORTHEAST OF RATHBUN AND 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLAKESBURG BY
605 PM CDT…
UNIONVILLE AND UDELL BY 610 PM CDT…
MOULTON AND DRAKESVILLE BY 620 PM CDT…
BLOOMFIELD BY 625 PM CDT…

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.