BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1039 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…
POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DES MOINES…
NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT.

* AT 1035 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ANKENY…OR 13 MILES NORTH OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
32 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
ANKENY AIRPORT AND SAYLORVILLE BY 1040 PM CDT…
ALTOONA AND BONDURANT BY 1050 PM CDT…
PLEASANT HILL AND MITCHELLVILLE BY 1055 PM CDT…
CARLISLE BY 1105 PM CDT…
RUNNELLS AND HARTFORD BY 1115 PM CDT…
SWAN BY 1120 PM CDT…

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 133 AND 156.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 102.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 235 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 14.

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE.
SEEK SAFETY IN A STURDY BUILDING…AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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.