BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
308 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT.

* AT 307 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WILLIAMS…OR 33 MILES EAST OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING EAST AT 36
MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
WILLIAMS BY 310 PM CDT…
POPEJOY BY 315 PM CDT…
ALDEN BY 320 PM CDT…
BUCKEYE BY 325 PM CDT…
IOWA FALLS BY 330 PM CDT…
OWASA BY 340 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 144 AND 158.

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A
MOBILE HOME…SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. BLOWING DUST MAY
OCCUR WITH THIS STORM AS WELL WITH LOW VISIBILITIES.

REPORT TORNADOES…WIND IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH…HAIL LARGER THAN ONE
HALF INCH…OR STORM DAMAGE BY CALLING LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
ASKING THEM TO RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.