BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1058 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…
SOUTHEASTERN DUBUQUE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
JO DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

* AT 1053 PM CDT…LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DUBUQUE REGIONAL AIRPORT TO ZWINGLE…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DUBUQUE TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF DUBUQUE TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF DUBUQUE…AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
GALENA AROUND 1105 PM CDT…
COUNCIL HILL AND BELLEVUE AROUND 1110 PM CDT…
SCALES MOUND AND HANOVER AROUND 1115 PM CDT…
WOODBINE…SCHAPVILLE…ELIZABETH AND DERINDA CENTER AROUND 1120 PM CDT…
APPLE RIVER AROUND 1125 PM CDT…

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ACROSS SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY AND ALSO IN DUBUQUE COUNTY.

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.