BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
707 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.

* AT 706 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR WASHINGTON…AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
WASHINGTON AROUND 715 PM CDT…
AINSWORTH AROUND 725 PM CDT…
CRAWFORDSVILLE AND COTTER AROUND 730 PM CDT…
WYMAN AROUND 735 PM CDT…
COLUMBUS CITY…COLUMBUS JUNCTION AND 6 MILES NORTH OF WINFIELD AROUND 740 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE…AND IT REMAINS A THREAT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS.