Severe Weather

New Warning (Franklin)

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
632 PM CDT THU AUG 14 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT.

* AT 629 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDER…OR 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MASON CITY…AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 18 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
ALEXANDER BY 635 PM CDT…
ALEXANDER BY 640 PM CDT…
LATIMER BY 655 PM CDT…
COULTER BY 700 PM CDT…
HAMPTON AND GENEVA BY 715 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 161 AND 177.

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