Severe Weather

New Warning (Clarke, Madison, Warren, Union)

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
431 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT.

* AT 429 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
LORIMOR…OR 37 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 28 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
LORIMOR BY 435 PM CDT…
EAST PERU BY 445 PM CDT…
MURRAY AND TRURO BY 455 PM CDT…
OSCEOLA AND NEW VIRGINIA BY 510 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 30 AND 46.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR IOWA.