BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1120 AM CDT FRI JUN 18 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
IOWA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT.

* AT 1115 AM 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 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAZLETON TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VICTOR…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OELWEIN TO 28 MILES WEST OF SIGOURNEY…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
MOUNT AUBURN…GARRISON AND HAZLETON AROUND 1125 AM CDT…
KEYSTONE…BELLE PLAINE…INDEPENDENCE AND BRANDON AROUND 1130 AM CDT…
VICTOR…VINTON AND LUZERNE AROUND 1135 AM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 205 AND 228.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 40 AND 55.

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.

THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA… AND IT REMAINS A THREAT.