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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.

* AT 655 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF RUTHVEN TO
RUTHVEN TO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUTHVEN…OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPENCER TO 11 MILES EAST OF
SPENCER TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF SPENCER…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
RUTHVEN BY 700 PM CDT…
AYRSHIRE BY 710 PM CDT…
EMMETSBURG BY 715 PM CDT…
LAURENS AND CURLEW BY 720 PM CDT…
MALLARD BY 725 PM CDT…
HAVELOCK BY 730 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.