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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OTTUMWA…

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT.

* AT 625 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL…AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
DRAKESVILLE…OR 16 MILES NORTH OF LANCASTER…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
BLOOMFIELD BY 630 PM CDT…
PULASKI BY 640 PM CDT…

A TRAINED STORM SPOTTER REPORTED A 65 MPH WIND NORTH OF BLOOMFIELD
AT 628 PM. WINDS WERE REACHING NEAR 75 MPH GUSTS AT TIMES.

GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. SEVERE
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN SOUND LIKE A TORNADO…AND PRODUCE SIMILAR
DAMAGE.

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

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND.