BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
818 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT.

* AT 814 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FRASER…OR 30 MILES SOUTH
OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 24 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
BOONE AIRPORT AND BOONE BY 830 PM CDT…
LUTHER BY 840 PM CDT…

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS…FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE
INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME…
SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OF 60 MPH AS IT
PASTED THROUGH FORT DODGE.

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.