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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1027 PM CDT THU AUG 26 2004

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR DECATUR COUNTY UNTIL
1100 PM CDT...

AT 1026 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF LEON...OR 58 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES...AND
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.


AT 1028 PM...60 TO 70 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED IN LEON. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
DECATUR COUNTY.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.



LAT...LON 4089 9399 4062 9402 4061 9357 4089 9358

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JOHNSON