BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
212 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN CEDAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN IOWA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT.

* AT 210 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CENTRAL CITY TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF BELLE PLAINE…OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANCHESTER TO 10 MILES WEST OF
MARENGO…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
CENTRAL CITY…TODDVILLE…ATKINS AND ALBURNETT AROUND 220 AM
CDT…
WAUBEEK…ROBINS…NORWAY AND MARENGO AROUND 225 AM CDT…
WALFORD AND MARION AROUND 230 AM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 223 AND 252.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 44.

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. MOVE IMMEDIATELY INDOORS AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

BRIEF TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN ADDITION TO DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT-LINE
WINDS.

THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOODING.