BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1154 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT.

* AT 1149 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
MARYSVILLE…OR 34 MILES WEST OF OTTUMWA…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
38 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
MARYSVILLE…HAMILTON AND BUSSEY BY 1155 PM CDT…
LOVILIA BY MIDNIGHT CDT…
ALBIA BY 1215 AM CDT…
MORAVIA BY 1225 AM CDT…

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY IN
EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.

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.