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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
EASTERN KEOKUK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT.

* AT 412 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH…AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
APPROXIMATELY NEAR BATAVIA…OR 10 MILES WEST OF FAIRFIELD…AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ABINGDON…MAHARISHI VEDIC CITY…PACKWOOD…RICHLAND…PLEASANT
PLAIN…HARPER…KINROSS…WELLMAN AND RICHMOND.

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.