BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
548 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
EAST CENTRAL DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHERN DUBUQUE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT.

* AT 546 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR DYERSVILLE…OR 14 MILES EAST OF MANCHESTER…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
DYERSVILLE AROUND 555 PM CDT…
NEW VIENNA AROUND 600 PM CDT…
MEKEE AROUND 605 PM CDT…
BANKSTON AROUND 610 PM CDT…
HOLY CROSS AROUND 615 PM CDT…
COTTAGE HILL AND GRAF AROUND 620 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

ABANDON A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY FOR A MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SAFE SHELTER IS AVAILABLE…MOVE TO A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED A TORNADO AND REMAINS A THREAT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.