BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
651 PM CDT MON APR 5 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
DUBUQUE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT.

* AT 649 PM CDT…TRAINED SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR PRAIRIEBURG…OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANAMOSA…AND MOVING QUICKLY EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
HOPKINTON AROUND 655 PM CDT…
MONTICELLO AROUND 700 PM CDT…
CASCADE AROUND 710 PM CDT…
DUBUQUE AROUND 715 PM CDT…
ZWINGLE AROUND 725 PM CDT…
LA MOTTE AND ST. DONATUS AROUND 730 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED LARGE HAIL…AND IT REMAINS A THREAT.