Severe Weather

New Warning (Clarke, Lucas)

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1224 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT.

* AT 1222 AM 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 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LUCAS…OR 33 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING
EAST AT 24 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
LUCAS BY 1235 AM CDT…
CHARITON AIRPORT BY 1250 AM CDT…
CHARITON BY 1255 AM CDT…
WILLIAMSON BY 100 AM CDT…
RUSSELL BY 110 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.