Severe Weather

New Warning (Clinton, Jackson)

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
537 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CLINTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT.

* AT 533 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR
NASHVILLE…OR NEAR MAQUOKETA…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
DELMAR AND WELTON AROUND 545 PM CDT…
CHARLOTTE AND 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRESTON AROUND 555 PM CDT…
6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOW MOOR AND 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANDOVER
AROUND 605 PM CDT…
CLINTON AND CAMANCHE AROUND 610 PM CDT…

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TORNADO-LIKE WINDS AND DAMAGE. MOVE INDOORS TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY.