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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT.

* AT 135 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
LEIGHTON…OR 34 MILES NORTHWEST OF OTTUMWA…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 53 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
LEIGHTON BY 140 AM CDT…
BEACON…OSKALOOSA AND UNIVERSITY PARK BY 150 AM CDT…
KEOMAH VILLAGE BY 155 AM CDT…
OSKALOOSA AIRPORT BY 200 AM CDT…
FREMONT BY 205 AM 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.