Severe Weather

New Warnings (Adair, Dallas, Guthrie, Madison)

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
106 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT.

* AT 104 AM 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
LINDEN…OR 39 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
LINDEN AND MENLO BY 110 AM CDT…
STUART AND REDFIELD BY 120 AM CDT…
DEXTER BY 125 AM CDT…
EARLHAM AND DE SOTO BY 140 AM CDT…
9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VAN METER BY 145 AM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 85 AND 113.

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.