Warning is below radar image. Storm should move into Illinois in the next 30-45 minutes.

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1036 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTH CENTRAL DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
NORTH CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT.

* AT 1033 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 MONTROSE…OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF KEOKUK…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
NIOTA AND FORT MADISON AROUND 1050 PM CDT…
COLUSA AROUND 1055 PM CDT…
DALLAS CITY AROUND 1100 PM CDT…
CARMAN…GULF PORT AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE AROUND 1115 PM CDT…
STRONGHURST AROUND 1120 PM CDT…
GLADSTONE AROUND 1125 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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