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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT.

* AT 847 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHELLSBURG TO 8 MILES
WEST OF BELLE PLAINE…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES EAST
OF VINTON TO 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARENGO…AND MOVING EAST AT 29
MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
KEYSTONE AROUND 855 PM CDT…
VAN HORNE…SHELLSBURG AND BELLE PLAINE AROUND 905 PM CDT…
LUZERNE AROUND 915 PM CDT…
NEWHALL AROUND 920 PM CDT…
BLAIRSTOWN AROUND 925 PM CDT…
ATKINS AROUND 930 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 40 AND 41.

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

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

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