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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN IOWA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN KEOKUK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.

* AT 733 PM CDT…TRAINED SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATKINS TO 7 MILES NORTH OF RICHLAND…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM VINTON TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SIGOURNEY…AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
RICHLAND AROUND 740 PM CDT…
WALFORD…ATKINS AND AMANA AROUND 745 PM CDT…
PALO…WELLMAN…OXFORD AND FAIRFAX AROUND 750 PM CDT…
TODDVILLE AND BRIGHTON AROUND 755 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 225 AND 253.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 40.

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.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

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

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS.