BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1247 AM CDT TUE AUG 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DES MOINES…
NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT.

* AT 1244 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
PLEASANT HILL TO CUMMING…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DES
MOINES TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING EAST AT 27
MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
MARTENSDALE AND CARLISLE BY 1255 AM CDT…
SPRING HILL BY 100 AM CDT…
RUNNELLS BY 105 AM CDT…
HARTFORD BY 110 AM CDT…
SWAN AND INDIANOLA BY 115 AM CDT…
ACKWORTH BY 120 AM CDT…

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WHICH WAS IN
EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF POLK…DALLAS…MADISON AND WARREN COUNTIES
UNTIL 100 AM.

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SEEK SAFETY INDOORS
UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.