BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
942 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN CEDAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN IOWA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN KEOKUK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT.

* AT 941 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH…AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM AMANA TO PARNELL
TO HAYESVILLE…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MARENGO TO 18 MILES SOUTH OF MARENGO TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SIGOURNEY…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RICHLAND…OXFORD…WELLMAN…CEDAR RAPIDS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT…
SWISHER…TIFFIN…SHUEYVILLE…BRIGHTON…KALONA…NORTH
LIBERTY…CORALVILLE…OAKDALE…RICHMOND…ELY…UNIVERSITY
HEIGHTS…LAKE MACBRIDE STATE PARK…UNIVERSITY OF IOWA…IOWA
CITY…HILLS…SOLON…WASHINGTON…RIVERSIDE…LISBON…
AINSWORTH…CRAWFORDSVILLE…WEST BRANCH…LONE TREE AND
MECHANICSVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 217 AND 262.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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