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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FORT DODGE…
SOUTHWESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 400 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
FORT DODGE…AND MOVING EAST AT 23 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
OTHO BY 315 PM CDT…
8 MILES NORTH OF LEHIGH AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF VINCENT BY 330 PM
CDT…
DUNCOMBE BY 335 PM CDT…
WEBSTER CITY AIRPORT AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF WOOLSTOCK BY 355 PM
CDT…
WEBSTER CITY BY 400 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.

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.