Severe Weather

New Warning (Cerro Gordo, Franklin)

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
159 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MASON CITY…
NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT.

* AT 155 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 ROCKWELL…OR 12 MILES
SOUTH OF MASON CITY…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 32 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
ROCKWELL AND SHEFFIELD BY 200 PM CDT…
DOUGHERTY BY 215 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 171 AND 197.

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

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.