BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
412 PM CDT WED JUN 23 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
EASTERN MUSCATINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTH CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
CENTRAL ROCK ISLAND COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT.

* AT 407 PM CDT…THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR MUSCATINE…MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATED SOME ROTATION.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
SWEETLAND CENTER AROUND 415 PM CDT…
WILDCAT DEN STATE PARK…NEW ERA…FAIRPORT AND ILLINOIS CITY
AROUND 420 PM CDT…
MIDWAY BEACH…MONTPELIER…LOUD THUNDER FOREST PRESERVE AND PLEASANT PRAIRIE AROUND 425 PM CDT…
BLUE GRASS AROUND 430 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 280 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 3 AND 17.

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.

HEAVY RAIN MAY OBSCURE THE APPROACH OF THE TORNADO. TAKE SHELTER NOW!

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.