BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
741 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
NORTHERN ROCK ISLAND COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
WHITESIDE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT.

* AT 740 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH….AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR SAVANNA…OR 7 MILES WEST OF MOUNT CARROLL…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
ARGO FAY AROUND 755 PM CDT…
FAIRHAVEN AROUND 810 PM CDT…
MORRISON AROUND 825 PM CDT…
EMERSON AROUND 835 PM CDT…
LYNDON AROUND 840 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 88 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 43.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS.