BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
539 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI…
SOUTH CENTRAL LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT.

* AT 539 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH…AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR WAYLAND…OR NEAR KAHOKA…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
WAYLAND AROUND 545 PM CDT…
ALEXANDRIA AND WARSAW AROUND 550 PM CDT…
HAMILTON AND KEOKUK AROUND 555 PM CDT…
FERRIS AROUND 605 PM CDT…
CARTHAGE…6 MILES SOUTH OF BURNSIDE AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF ADRIAN AROUND 610 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.