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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CEDAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
MUSCATINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTH CENTRAL LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT.

* AT 524 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 NICHOLS…OR 9 MILES WEST OF MUSCATINE…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST LIBERTY…WEST BRANCH…ATALISSA…WILTON…ROCHESTER…DURANT…TIPTON…BENNETT…STANWOOD…CLARENCE AND LOWDEN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 255 AND 284.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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