BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
325 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN CEDAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN IOWA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT.

* AT 321 PM CDT…TRAINED SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH…AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
APPROXIMATELY NEAR OXFORD…OR 13 MILES EAST OF MARENGO…AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SWISHER…CEDAR RAPIDS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT…NORTH LIBERTY…
SHUEYVILLE…LAKE MACBRIDE STATE PARK…ELY…SOLON…BERTRAM…
MOUNT VERNON…LISBON…MARTELLE…MECHANICSVILLE…MORLEY…
STANWOOD…OLIN AND CENTER JUNCTION.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 17.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.