BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
621 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 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…
SOUTHEASTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT.

* AT 619 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BADGER…OR 10 MILES NORTH
OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 42 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
BADGER…THOR AND FORT DODGE AIRPORT BY 625 PM CDT…
VINCENT BY 635 PM CDT…
DUNCOMBE BY 640 PM CDT…
WOOLSTOCK BY 645 PM CDT…
WEBSTER CITY AIRPORT BY 650 PM CDT…
WEBSTER CITY BY 655 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 150 AND 152.

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS…FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE
INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME…
SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN IOWA.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.
ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY
AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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.