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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.

* AT 742 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
RUSSELL…OR 39 MILES WEST OF OTTUMWA…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
MELROSE BY 750 PM CDT…
MYSTIC AND PLANO BY 810 PM CDT…
RATHBUN BY 815 PM CDT…
CENTERVILLE AND NUMA BY 820 PM CDT…
EXLINE AND CINCINNATI BY 825 PM CDT…
MOULTON BY 830 PM CDT…

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SEEK SAFETY INDOORS
UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

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.