BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1115 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…
SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

* AT 1112 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
UNIONVILLE…OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OTTUMWA…AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
UDELL…MOULTON…DRAKESVILLE AND BLOOMFIELD.

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

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.