BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1112 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
WEST CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

* AT 1107 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
SHELDAHL…OR 22 MILES NORTH OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 32 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HUXLEY…POLK CITY…CAMBRIDGE…ALLEMAN…JOHNSTON…ELKHART…
URBANDALE…ANKENY…SAYLORVILLE…WINDSOR HEIGHTS…ANKENY
AIRPORT…BONDURANT…ALTOONA AND VALERIA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 150.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 107.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 235 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 3 AND 14.

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A
MOBILE HOME…SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE.

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.