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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
143 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MASON CITY…
WORTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT.

* AT 138 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NORTHWOOD TO CLEAR LAKE…OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES NORTH OF MASON CITY TO 11
MILES WEST OF MASON CITY…AND MOVING EAST AT 34 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
MASON CITY AIRPORT AND KENSETT BY 145 PM CDT…
MANLY BY 150 PM CDT…
MASON CITY BY 155 PM CDT…
PLYMOUTH AND GRAFTON BY 200 PM CDT…
ROCK FALLS BY 205 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 194 AND 217.

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

LAT…LON 4312 9304 4312 9350 4321 9350 4322 9351
4326 9351 4327 9351 4349 9343 4350 9304
TIME…MOT…LOC 1843Z 270DEG 29KT 4345 9319 4317 9336

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JOHNSON