Severe Weather

New Warning (Cedar, Muscatine, Rock Island IL)

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
628 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN CEDAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
CENTRAL MUSCATINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN ROCK ISLAND COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT.

* AT 627 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES NORTH OF ATALISSA…OR 8
MILES SOUTH OF TIPTON…AND MOVING SOUTH AT 23 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
8 MILES EAST OF WEST LIBERTY AROUND 635 PM CDT…
ATALISSA AROUND 640 PM CDT…
WILTON AROUND 645 PM CDT…
MUSCATINE AROUND 710 PM CDT…
7 MILES EAST OF FRUITLAND AROUND 720 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 259 AND 274.

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