Severe Weather

New Warning (Buchanan) until 5:15pm

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT.

* AT 419 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH…AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JESUP…OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WATERLOO…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
JESUP AROUND 440 PM CDT…
INDEPENDENCE AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROWLEY AROUND 455 PM CDT…
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF QUASQUETON AROUND 505 PM CDT…
WINTHROP AROUND 510 PM CDT…
7 MILES SOUTH OF AURORA AND 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAMONT AROUND 515 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 52 AND 55.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN IOWA.