BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1007 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN IOWA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
KEOKUK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHERN VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.

* AT 1001 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH…AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES WEST OF WHAT CHEER TO 21 MILES WEST OF BATAVIA…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES WEST OF SIGOURNEY TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OTTUMWA…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
WHAT CHEER…HEDRICK AND DELTA AROUND 1015 PM CDT…
KESWICK…SIGOURNEY…MARTINSBURG AND HAYESVILLE AROUND 1020 PM CDT…
BATAVIA AND ABINGDON AROUND 1025 PM CDT…
SOUTH ENGLISH AROUND 1030 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

BRIEF TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS IN ADDITION TO DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS.