BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
511 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT.

* AT 510 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR SPERRY…OR 10 MILES NORTH OF BURLINGTON…MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
MEDIAPOLIS AND KINGSTON AROUND 515 PM CDT…
KOSSUTH AND GARLAND AROUND 520 PM CDT…
NORTHFIELD…NEWPORT AND MORNING SUN AROUND 525 PM CDT…
ELRICK JUNCTION AND OAKVILLE AROUND 530 PM CDT…
TOOLESBORO AROUND 535 PM CDT…

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 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.