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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT.

* AT 525 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
SULLY…OR 36 MILES EAST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING EAST AT 32 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
SULLY BY 530 PM CDT…
LYNNVILLE BY 535 PM CDT…
SEARSBORO BY 545 PM CDT…
NEW SHARON BY 555 PM CDT…
8 MILES SOUTH OF MONTEZUMA BY 600 PM CDT…
BARNES CITY BY 610 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 154 AND 204.

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 WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS
THE AREA.