BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
300 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT.

* AT 256 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH…AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR CROTON…OR 13 MILES NORTH OF KAHOKA…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
ST. PAUL…PILOT GROVE…FRANKLIN AND WEST POINT AROUND 305 PM
CDT…
9 MILES NORTHWEST OF DENMARK AROUND 310 PM CDT…
LOWELL…DANVILLE AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MIDDLETOWN AROUND 315 PM
CDT…
NEW LONDON AROUND 320 PM CDT…
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MEDIAPOLIS AROUND 330 PM CDT…

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.