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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT.

* AT 853 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH…AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MARION TO ELY…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF CEDAR RAPIDS TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CEDAR RAPIDS…AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITTIER…WAUBEEK…MOUNT VERNON…SPRINGVILLE…VIOLA…LISBON…MARTELLE…STONE CITY…ANAMOSA…MORLEY…AMBER…OLIN…CENTER JUNCTION…WYOMING…ONSLOW AND OXFORD JUNCTION.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 33.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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