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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN MUSCATINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT.

* AT 915 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 11 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WELLMAN TO 6 MILES EAST OF FAIRFIELD TO MILTON…OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES EAST OF SIGOURNEY TO 6 MILES
EAST OF FAIRFIELD TO 9 MILES WEST OF KEOSAUQUA…AND MOVING EAST AT
55 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BRIGHTON…LOCKRIDGE…STOCKPORT…COPPOCK…ROME…WAYLAND…
WASHINGTON…BENTONSPORT/VERNON…WESTWOOD…RICHMOND…KALONA…
HILLSBORO…BONAPARTE…OLDS…CRAWFORDSVILLE…MOUNT PLEASANT…
AINSWORTH…SALEM…WYMAN…RIVERSIDE…WINFIELD…MOUNT UNION…
COTTER…DONNELLSON…COLUMBUS CITY…NEW LONDON…PILOT GROVE…
COLUMBUS JUNCTION…LONE TREE…ST. PAUL…FRANKLIN…MORNING
SUN…LOWELL…CONESVILLE…WEST POINT…NICHOLS…WAPELLO…
DANVILLE…LETTS…GRANDVIEW…MEDIAPOLIS…DENMARK…MIDDLETOWN…
TOOLESBORO…OAKVILLE…FRUITLAND…WEST BURLINGTON AND BURLINGTON.

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.