BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
201 AM CDT TUE AUG 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
KEOKUK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT.

* AT 157 AM 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 12 MILES WEST OF WHAT CHEER TO 15 MILES WEST
OF HEDRICK…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SIGOURNEY TO 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF OTTUMWA…AND MOVING EAST AT 54
MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
WHAT CHEER AND DELTA AROUND 210 AM CDT…
KESWICK…MARTINSBURG…HEDRICK AND HAYESVILLE AROUND 215 AM CDT…
SIGOURNEY AROUND 220 AM CDT…
SOUTH ENGLISH…BATAVIA AND PACKWOOD AROUND 225 AM CDT…

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

THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED WINDS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL…AND
IT REMAINS A THREAT.

PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.