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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.

* AT 515 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES WEST OF OXFORD…OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARENGO…AND MOVING QUICKLY NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
TIFFIN AROUND 525 PM CDT…
NORTH LIBERTY…SHUEYVILLE…SWISHER AND 6 MILES NORTH OF OAKDALE
AROUND 530 PM CDT…
SOLON…ELY AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF BERTRAM AROUND 535 PM CDT…
LISBON AND MOUNT VERNON AROUND 540 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 229 AND 251.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 19.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

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

THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS.