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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHERN KEOKUK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHERN VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT.

* AT 718 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH…AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HEDRICK…OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF OTTUMWA…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
6 MILES SOUTH OF HEDRICK AROUND 735 PM CDT…
ABINGDON AND PACKWOOD AROUND 750 PM CDT…
6 MILES NORTH OF FAIRFIELD AROUND 800 PM CDT…
PLEASANT PLAIN AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF BRIGHTON AROUND 810 PM CDT…
6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COPPOCK AROUND 815 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.