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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
MUSCATINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
WEST CENTRAL HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
SOUTHWESTERN ROCK ISLAND COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
CENTRAL LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT.

* AT 740 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR FRUITLAND…OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MUSCATINE…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
ELIZA AROUND 750 PM CDT…
ELIZA AROUND 755 PM CDT…
MILLERSBURG AROUND 805 PM CDT…
HAMLET AND REYNOLDS AROUND 810 PM CDT…
MATHERVILLE…SHALE CITY AND WANLOCK AROUND 815 PM CDT…
BODEN AROUND 820 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

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