BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
702 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT.

* AT 659 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL…AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8
MILES WEST OF POPEJOY…OR 30 MILES EAST OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 44 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
POPEJOY BY 710 PM CDT…
ALDEN BY 715 PM CDT…
IOWA FALLS AND BUCKEYE BY 720 PM CDT…
OWASA BY 730 PM CDT…
STEAMBOAT ROCK AND ELDORA BY 740 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 127 AND 155.

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM 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.