SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
721 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008

BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-
KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…INDEPENDENCE…MANCHESTER…DUBUQUE…
VINTON…CEDAR RAPIDS…ANAMOSA…MARENGO…IOWA CITY…TIPTON…
SIGOURNEY…WASHINGTON
721 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008

…INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING EASTERN IOWA…

A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS…PRESENTLY MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST
AT 35 MPH ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA…WILL ENTER EASTERN IOWA WITHIN
THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. BY 830 PM…THE STORMS WILL REACH THE
INDEPENDENCE AREA. BY 900 PM…THE STORMS WILL EXTEND ALONG A LINE
THROUGH VINTON AND MANCHESTER. THEY WILL APPROACH THE
MARENGO…CEDAR RAPIDS…ANAMOSA…MONTICELLO AND DUBUQUE AREAS BY
10 PM.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VIVID CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING…VERY HEAVY RAIN…WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH AND
NICKEL SIZED HAIL.