BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1139 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT.

* AT 1135 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OGDEN…OR 35 MILES SOUTH OF FORT
DODGE…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 34 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
BOONE AIRPORT BY 1140 PM CDT…
LUTHER BY 1150 PM CDT…
WOODWARD BY 1155 PM CDT…
MADRID BY MIDNIGHT CDT…
SHELDAHL AND SLATER BY 1205 AM CDT…
GRANGER BY 1210 AM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 99 AND 106.

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

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.

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.