BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
617 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT.

* AT 613 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH…AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRANDON TO MOUNT AUBURN…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WATERLOO TO 7 MILES NORTH OF VINTON…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROWLEY…INDEPENDENCE…QUASQUETON AND WINTHROP.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 47 AND 55.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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