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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN CEDAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHERN DUBUQUE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
CENTRAL JO DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT.

* AT 600 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 PRAIRIEBURG TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PALO…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTH OF MANCHESTER TO 11 MILES WEST OF CEDAR RAPIDS…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
HOPKINTON…WAUBEEK…HIAWATHA AND FAIRFAX AROUND 610 PM CDT…
MARION AND CEDAR RAPIDS AROUND 615 PM CDT…
WHITTIER…VIOLA AND MONTICELLO AROUND 620 PM CDT…
ELY AROUND 625 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 34.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING.