Severe Weather

New Warning (Jasper, Marion)

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
116 AM CDT TUE AUG 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTH CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT.

* AT 112 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MONROE…OR 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DES MOINES…AND
MOVING EAST AT 34 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
MONROE BY 120 AM CDT…
KNOXVILLE AND KNOXVILLE AIRPORT BY 130 AM CDT…
PELLA AIRPORT AND PELLA BY 140 AM CDT…
HARVEY BY 145 AM CDT…

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