SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
440 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES…

IN IOWA
DELAWARE…BUCHANAN…BENTON AND LINN

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
ALBURNETT…ATKINS…AURORA…BELLE PLAINE…BLAIRSTOWN…
BRANDON…CENTER POINT…CENTRAL CITY…COGGON…COLESBURG…
DELAWARE…DELHI…DUNDEE…EARLVILLE…FAIRFAX…GARRISON…
GREELEY…HIAWATHA…HOPKINTON…INDEPENDENCE…KEYSTONE…
LAMONT…LUZERNE…MANCHESTER…MASONVILLE…MOUNT AUBURN…
NEWHALL…NORWAY…ONEIDA…PALO…PARIS…PRAIRIEBURG…
QUASQUETON…ROBINS…ROWLEY…RYAN…SHELLSBURG…TODDVILLE…
TROY MILLS…URBANA…VAN HORNE…VINTON…WALFORD…WALKER…
WAUBEEK AND WINTHROP

AT 436 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMONT TO
4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUNT AUBURN…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
16 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANCHESTER TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF VINTON
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY
MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO
RISE…THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS…STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS…STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.