BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1137 PM CDT SUN AUG 8 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT.

* AT 1134 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HAZLETON TO 14 MILES WEST OF GARRISON…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OELWEIN TO 20 MILES WEST OF VINTON…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
HAZLETON AROUND 1145 PM CDT…
MOUNT AUBURN AND GARRISON AROUND 1150 PM CDT…
INDEPENDENCE…BRANDON AND AURORA AROUND 1155 PM CDT…
VINTON AROUND MIDNIGHT CDT…
WINTHROP…ROWLEY AND LAMONT AROUND 1205 AM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 28 AND 55.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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

THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.