Severe Weather

New Warning (Calhoun, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Sac, Webster)

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
800 PM CDT WED AUG 13 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FORT DODGE…
SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SAC COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT.

* AT 755 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ROLFE TO
FONDA TO 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEMAHA…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT DODGE TO 23 MILES EAST OF STORM
LAKE TO STORM LAKE…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 37 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
POMEROY…PALMER AND GILMORE CITY BY 805 PM CDT…
NEMAHA AND JOLLEY BY 810 PM CDT…
PIONEER AND MANSON BY 815 PM CDT…
SAC CITY…ROCKWELL CITY AND LYTTON BY 820 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.