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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN DUBUQUE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHERN JO DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT.

* AT 618 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH….AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR MENOMINEE…OR 8 MILES EAST OF DUBUQUE…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
MENOMINEE AROUND 625 PM CDT…
COUNCIL HILL AND 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST. DONATUS AROUND 635 PM
CDT…
GALENA AROUND 640 PM CDT…
8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCALES MOUND AROUND 645 PM CDT…
6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCHAPVILLE AROUND 655 PM CDT…

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 LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND IT REMAINS A THREAT.

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