I had just returned home and a warning had been issued.

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
422 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
NORTH CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
SOUTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT.

* AT 420 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR WEST POINT…
OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT MADISON…AND MOVING EAST AT 28 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
DENMARK AROUND 430 PM CDT…
6 MILES SOUTH OF WEST BURLINGTON AROUND 450 PM CDT…
BURLINGTON AROUND 455 PM CDT…
CARMAN AND GULFPORT AROUND 500 PM CDT…
STRONGHURST AROUND 515 PM CDT…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE IMMEDIATELY INDOORS AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.