BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
459 PM CDT FRI AUG 20 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN SCOTLAND COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI…
SOUTHERN DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
SOUTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
WESTERN MCDONOUGH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.

* AT 457 PM CDT…TRAINED SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 24 MILES WEST OF HILLSBORO TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROTON TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF WARSAW…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES WEST OF KEOSAUQUA TO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAHOKA TO CANTON…AND MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
CROTON AND WARSAW AROUND 505 PM CDT…
NEW BOSTON…KEOKUK…WEST POINT AND HAMILTON AROUND 510 PM CDT…
MONTROSE…HILLSBORO…FRANKLIN AND DONNELLSON AROUND 515 PM CDT…

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.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.