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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FORT DODGE…
SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT.

* AT 246 PM 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
PALMER…OR 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 47 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
GILMORE CITY BY 250 PM CDT…
PIONEER BY 255 PM CDT…
CLARE BY 300 PM CDT…
BARNUM BY 305 PM CDT…
FORT DODGE AIRPORT…MOORLAND AND BADGER BY 310 PM CDT…
FORT DODGE BY 315 PM CDT…

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR IOWA.

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.