Severe Weather

New Warning (Boone and Webster)

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1105 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT.

* AT 1102 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
DAYTON…OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
32 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
BOXHOLM BY 1110 PM CDT…
PILOT MOUND BY 1115 PM CDT…
FRASER BY 1120 PM CDT…
OGDEN BY 1125 PM CDT…
BOONE AND BOONE AIRPORT BY 1135 PM CDT…

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE.
SEEK SAFETY IN A STURDY BUILDING…AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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.