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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN MUSCATINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTH CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
WEST CENTRAL HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
SOUTHWESTERN ROCK ISLAND COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
NORTHEASTERN DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT.

* AT 826 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 BLUE GRASS TO
WAPELLO…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
DURANT TO WAPELLO…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ELIZA…BUFFALO…ANDALUSIA…MANNON…TOOLESBORO…NEW BOSTON…
OAKVILLE…ROCK ISLAND…TAYLOR RIDGE…JOY…HAMLET…
MILLERSBURG…MILAN…REYNOLDS…KEITHSBURG…OAK GROVE…MOLINE
QUAD-CITY AIRPORT…ALEDO…SEATON…MATHERVILLE…SHALE CITY…
BODEN…SHERRARD…CABLE…VIOLA…ROZETTA…BURGESS AND ORION.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 280 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND 18.

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.