BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
759 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN CEDAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
MUSCATINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT.

* AT 756 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH…AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WEST LIBERTY TO AINSWORTH…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WEST BRANCH TO WASHINGTON…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CRAWFORDSVILLE…ROME…COTTER…CONESVILLE…OLDS…WESTWOOD…WYMAN…WILTON…COLUMBUS JUNCTION…COLUMBUS CITY…WINFIELD…LETTS…DURANT…MUSCATINE…FRUITLAND AND GRANDVIEW.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 259 AND 278.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.