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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
NORTH CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT.

* AT 101 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH…AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CRAWFORDSVILLE TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF MONTROSE…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WASHINGTON TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KEOKUK…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WYMAN…NIOTA…WINFIELD…MOUNT UNION…COTTER…DANVILLE… MIDDLETOWN…COLUMBUS CITY…DALLAS CITY…COLUMBUS JUNCTION…WEST BURLINGTON…MORNING SUN…BURLINGTON…MEDIAPOLIS…GULF PORT… CARMAN…WAPELLO…LETTS…GRANDVIEW…TERRE HAUTE…TOOLESBORO… OAKVILLE…GLADSTONE…STRONGHURST…OQUAWKA…NEW BOSTON… BIGGSVILLE…KEITHSBURG…MANNON…ROZETTA…ELIZA…JOY…SEATON AND MILLERSBURG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS.