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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT.

* AT 823 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
WILLIAMSON…OR 34 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 41 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
WILLIAMSON AND CHARITON AIRPORT BY 830 PM CDT…
CHARITON BY 835 PM CDT…
RUSSELL BY 840 PM CDT…
MELROSE BY 850 PM CDT…
PLANO BY 905 PM CDT…
MYSTIC AND RATHBUN BY 910 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.