BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
837 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
KEOKUK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHERN VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 930 AM CDT.

* AT 833 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH…AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST
OF WHAT CHEER TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BATAVIA…OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES WEST OF SIGOURNEY TO 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
OTTUMWA…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS ALREADY KNOCKED DOWN TREES IN PORTIONS OF MONROE
COUNTY.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DELTA…KESWICK…HEDRICK…HAYESVILLE…MARTINSBURG…SOUTH
ENGLISH…HARPER…ABINGDON…KINROSS…PACKWOOD…RICHLAND…
DOUDS/LEANDO…LIBERTYVILLE…MAHARISHI VEDIC CITY…WELLMAN…
FAIRFIELD…BIRMINGHAM…PLEASANT PLAIN…WASHINGTON…RIVERSIDE…
RICHMOND…KALONA…COPPOCK…BRIGHTON…WAYLAND…ROME…
HILLSBORO…LOCKRIDGE…STOCKPORT…KEOSAUQUA AND
BENTONSPORT/VERNON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF BLOWING DOWN TREES AND
POWER POLES. MOVE INDOORS TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY.