BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1003 PM CDT TUE AUG 31 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN IOWA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.

* AT 959 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 BRANDON TO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELLE PLAINE…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDEPENDENCE TO 23 MILES WEST OF MARENGO…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS… WITH TREES AND POWER LINES KNOCKED DOWN IN TAMA AND TOLEDO IN TAMA COUNTY AT 945 PM CDT.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
VINTON AROUND 1010 PM CDT…
ROWLEY AROUND 1015 PM CDT…
VAN HORNE AND LUZERNE AROUND 1020 PM CDT…
URBANA AROUND 1025 PM CDT…
QUASQUETON…BLAIRSTOWN AND WALKER AROUND 1030 PM CDT…
SHELLSBURG AND NEWHALL AROUND 1040 PM CDT…

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN IOWA.