BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
245 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN IOWA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
WEST CENTRAL LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT.

* AT 243 PM CDT…TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR LADORA…
OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARENGO…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
BLAIRSTOWN AROUND 255 PM CDT…
WATKINS AND VAN HORNE AROUND 300 PM CDT…
NORWAY AROUND 305 PM CDT…
NEWHALL AROUND 310 PM CDT…
ATKINS AROUND 320 PM CDT…
PALO AND SHELLSBURG AROUND 325 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 22 AND 32.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM
OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

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