BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
754 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.

* AT 751 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR RUSSELL…
OR 40 MILES WEST OF OTTUMWA…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
MELROSE BY 800 PM CDT…
PLANO BY 815 PM CDT…
RATHBUN AND MYSTIC BY 820 PM CDT…
CENTERVILLE BY 830 PM CDT…

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!

IN ADDITION…THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WIND.

THIS IS A HAZARDOUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT…OR IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE OR IN A
CAR…SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.

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