Severe Weather

New Warning (Benton)

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
825 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT.

* AT 822 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNT AUBURN TO 34 MILES
WEST OF GARRISON…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF WATERLOO TO 36 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WATERLOO…AND
MOVING EAST AT 39 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
MOUNT AUBURN AROUND 850 PM CDT…
GARRISON AROUND 905 PM CDT…
VINTON AROUND 910 PM CDT…
URBANA AROUND 915 PM CDT…
SHELLSBURG AROUND 930 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 40 AND 48.

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

THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE AND/OR LARGE HAIL…AND
IT REMAINS A THREAT.