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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
MUSCATINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.

* AT 953 PM CDT…TRAINED SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OAKDALE TO NICHOLS…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF IOWA CITY TO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MUSCATINE…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
WEST LIBERTY AROUND 1000 PM CDT…
ATALISSA AROUND 1010 PM CDT…
MONTPELIER AND WILTON AROUND 1025 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 241 AND 253.

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 WIND DAMAGE…AND IT REMAINS A THREAT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST IOWA AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.