BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1206 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN CEDAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN MUSCATINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT.
* AT 1203 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH…AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
APPROXIMATELY NEAR ROCHESTER…OR 6 MILES EAST OF WEST BRANCH…AND
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WILTON…BENNETT…DURANT AND WALCOTT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 256 AND 289.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE IMMEDIATELY INDOORS AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.
PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.