BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
728 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 800 AM CDT.

* AT 727 AM CDT…TRAINED SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR BRANDON…OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINTON…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROWLEY AND QUASQUETON

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 49 AND 55.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF BLOWING DOWN TREES AND POWER POLES. MOVE INDOORS TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY.

THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED WINDS OF 80 MPH…AND IT REMAINS A THREAT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS.