Severe Weather

New Warning (Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Jones, Linn)

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
344 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT.

* AT 342 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
APPROXIMATELY NEAR ROWLEY…OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF INDEPENDENCE…AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 27 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
ROWLEY AROUND 350 AM CDT…
QUASQUETON AROUND 400 AM CDT…
WALKER AROUND 405 AM CDT…
TROY MILLS AROUND 415 AM CDT…
PARIS AROUND 425 AM CDT…
COGGON AROUND 430 AM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 55.

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