BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
849 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT.

* AT 845 PM CDT…TRAINED SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR NEWHALL…OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF VINTON…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
SHELLSBURG AROUND 855 PM CDT…
PALO AROUND 900 PM CDT…
CENTER POINT AROUND 905 PM CDT…
PARIS AND TROY MILLS AROUND 915 PM CDT…
COGGON AROUND 920 PM CDT…
RYAN AROUND 930 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 22 AND 45.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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