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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTH CENTRAL DUBUQUE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT.

* AT 625 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR OLD BALLTOWN…OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF DUBUQUE…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
BALLTOWN AND OLD BALLTOWN AROUND 630 PM CDT…
WAUPETON AROUND 635 PM CDT…
SPECHTS FERRY AROUND 645 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.

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