BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
308 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 345 AM CST.

* AT 307 AM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MELCHER-DALLAS…OR 36 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
DES MOINES…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
MELCHER-DALLAS BY 310 AM CST…
KNOXVILLE AIRPORT AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARYSVILLE BY 315 AM
CST…
KNOXVILLE BY 320 AM CST…
PELLA AIRPORT AND HARVEY BY 325 AM CST…
PELLA BY 330 AM CST…

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

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