Severe Weather

TORNADO WARNING (Lee) until 6:15pm

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
536 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
EAST CENTRAL LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
SOUTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT.

* AT 532 PM CDT…TRAINED SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR NIOTA…OR NEAR FORT MADISON…MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
PONTOOSUC AROUND 540 PM CDT…
DALLAS CITY AND COLUSA AROUND 545 PM CDT…
LOMAX AROUND 555 PM CDT…
DISCO AROUND 600 PM CDT…
LA HARPE AND TERRE HAUTE AROUND 605 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.