Severe Weather

New Warning (Cerro Gordo, Franklin)

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
557 PM CDT THU AUG 14 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT.

* AT 552 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SHEFFIELD…OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF MASON CITY…AND MOVING SOUTH AT
21 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
LATIMER BY 620 PM CDT…
HAMPTON…COULTER AND HANSELL BY 625 PM CDT…
GENEVA BY 630 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 162 AND 186.

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A
MOBILE HOME…SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.