BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
144 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT.

* AT 143 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH….AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAZLETON TO VAN HORNE…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF OELWEIN TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VINTON…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
VINTON…NEWHALL AND BRANDON AROUND 150 PM CDT…
NORWAY…URBANA…INDEPENDENCE AND HAZLETON AROUND 155 PM CDT…
WALFORD…FAIRFAX AND WALKER AROUND 200 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 12 AND 55.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE IMMEDIATELY INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.