BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1106 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT.

* AT 1101 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 WASHINGTON TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HILLSBORO…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WASHINGTON TO 8 MILES EAST OF KEOSAUQUA…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
WAYLAND AND ROME AROUND 1110 PM CDT…
CRAWFORDSVILLE…AINSWORTH…WESTWOOD AND SALEM AROUND 1115 PM CDT…
WYMAN AND MOUNT PLEASANT AROUND 1120 PM CDT…
COLUMBUS CITY AND WINFIELD AROUND 1125 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. MOVE IMMEDIATELY INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

BRIEF TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN ADDITION TO DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS.