BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
618 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT.

* AT 615 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH…AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 9 MILES WEST OF BELLE PLAINE…OR 19 MILES WEST OF MARENGO…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
BELLE PLAINE AROUND 625 PM CDT…
KEYSTONE AROUND 635 PM CDT…
VAN HORNE AND GARRISON AROUND 640 PM CDT…
VINTON AROUND 650 PM CDT…
URBANA AROUND 655 PM CDT…
CENTER POINT AROUND 700 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 32 AND 55.

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 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN IOWA.