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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.

* AT 512 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL…AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MELCHER-DALLAS…OR 26 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 47 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KNOXVILLE BY 515 PM CDT…
MELCHER-DALLAS AND KNOXVILLE AIRPORT BY 520 PM CDT…
8 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLIAMSON AND 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARYSVILLE
BY 530 PM CDT…
9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOVILIA BY 540 PM CDT…
MELROSE BY 545 PM CDT…

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNINGS FOR
CLARKE AND LUCAS COUNTIES.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 26 AND 62.

GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. SEVERE
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN SOUND LIKE A TORNADO…AND PRODUCE SIMILAR
DAMAGE.

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

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPPORTED WITH THIS STORM.