BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
614 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT.
* AT 611 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR PRAIRIEBURG…OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF MANCHESTER…MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
PRAIRIEBURG AROUND 620 PM CDT…
MONTICELLO AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LANGWORTHY AROUND 645 PM CDT…
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM
OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED A FUNNEL CLOUDS AND A TORNADO NEAR
INDEPENDENCE AND REMAINS A THREAT.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS.