BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
508 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WEST CENTRAL CEDAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.

* AT 503 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 HILLS…OR NEAR UNIVERSITY OF IOWA…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS…CORALVILLE…OAKDALE…IOWA CITY…NORTH
LIBERTY…SWISHER…CEDAR RAPIDS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT…SHUEYVILLE…
LAKE MACBRIDE STATE PARK…WEST BRANCH…SOLON AND ELY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 234 AND 255.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 17.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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