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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OTTUMWA…

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT.

* AT 226 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 NEAR
OTTUMWA AIRPORT…OR 7 MILES NORTH OF OTTUMWA…AND MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
AGENCY BY 240 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.