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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
CEDAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 850 PM CDT.

* AT 744 PM CDT…TRAINED SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH….AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF CENTER JUNCTION TO 20 MILES WEST OF MOUNT AUBURN…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANAMOSA TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WATERLOO…AND MOVING SOUTH AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
CENTER JUNCTION…WAUBEEK…VINTON AND ALBURNETT AROUND 755 PM
CDT…
WHITTIER…VIOLA…TODDVILLE AND STONE CITY AROUND 800 PM CDT…
SPRINGVILLE AND SHELLSBURG AROUND 805 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 12 AND 48.

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.

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