Severe Weather

New Warning (Clinton, Jackson, Jones)

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
514 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN CLINTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT.

* AT 510 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL…AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
APPROXIMATELY NEAR CENTER JUNCTION…OR 11 MILES EAST OF ANAMOSA…
AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 37 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
WYOMING AND CANTON AROUND 520 PM CDT…
MONMOUTH AROUND 530 PM CDT…
NASHVILLE AROUND 535 PM CDT…
LOST NATION AROUND 540 PM CDT…
MAQUOKETA AROUND 545 PM CDT…
DELMAR AROUND 550 PM CDT…

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TORNADO-LIKE WINDS AND DAMAGE. MOVE INDOORS TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY.