Severe Weather

New Warning (Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Linn)

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
404 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 445 AM CST.

* AT 359 AM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR LADORA…OR 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MARENGO…AND MOVING QUICKLY NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
WALFORD…AMANA AND NORWAY AROUND 415 AM CST…
FAIRFAX…SWISHER AND 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATKINS AROUND 420 AM
CST…
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHUEYVILLE AROUND 425 AM CST…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 212 AND 222.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 12.

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