BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1048 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
IOWA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
KEOKUK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT.

* AT 1043 PM CDT…TRAINED SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 30 MILES WEST OF KEYSTONE TO 28 MILES WEST OF HEDRICK…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WATERLOO TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF OTTUMWA…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHAT CHEER…BELLE PLAINE…VICTOR…DELTA…KESWICK…LUZERNE…GARRISON…HAYESVILLE…LADORA…MARTINSBURG…SIGOURNEY…MOUNT AUBURN…MILLERSBURG…VAN HORNE…BLAIRSTOWN…VINTON…MARENGO…SOUTH ENGLISH…NORTH ENGLISH…HARPER…WILLIAMSBURG…NEWHALL…CONROY…PARNELL…KINROSS…NORWAY…URBANA…RICHLAND…
SHELLSBURG…ATKINS…AMANA…WALFORD…WALKER…PALO…CENTER POINT…WELLMAN…BRIGHTON…OXFORD AND FAIRFAX.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 205 AND 234.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 32 AND 47.

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.

THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS…AND IT REMAINS A THREAT.

PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.