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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN DUBUQUE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT.

* AT 245 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH….AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR EARLVILLE…OR 11 MILES EAST OF MANCHESTER…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
HOPKINTON AROUND 255 PM CDT…
WORTHINGTON AROUND 300 PM CDT…
MONTICELLO AROUND 310 PM CDT…
CASCADE AND 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF LANGWORTHY AROUND 315 PM CDT…
CENTER JUNCTION AROUND 330 PM CDT…
CANTON AROUND 335 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADO-LIKE WINDS AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO WELL BUILT BUILDINGS.MOVE INDOORS TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY.

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

THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.