BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
455 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN CEDAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN IOWA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT.

* AT 450 AM 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 VINTON TO NEWHALL TO WILLIAMSBURG TO MILLERSBURG…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM VINTON TO 11 MILES NORTH OF MARENGO TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF MARENGO TO 14 MILES NORTH OF SIGOURNEY…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NORTH ENGLISH…NORWAY…PARNELL…AMANA…ATKINS…WALFORD…SHELLSBURG…URBANA…FAIRFAX…OXFORD…PALO…CENTER POINT…SWISHER…CEDAR RAPIDS…TODDVILLE…HIAWATHA…TIFFIN…SHUEYVILLE…ROBINS…TROY MILLS…NORTH LIBERTY…ELY…MARION…OAKDALE…CORALVILLE…BERTRAM…ALBURNETT…LAKE MACBRIDE STATE,PARK…UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS…PARIS…IOWA CITY…SOLON…COGGON…CENTRAL CITY…MOUNT VERNON…WHITTIER…HILLS…SPRINGVILLE…VIOLA…LISBON…WAUBEEK…MARTELLE…PRAIRIEBURG…WEST BRANCH…STONE CITY…MECHANICSVILLE…MORLEY…ANAMOSA…HOPKINTON…STANWOOD…LANGWORTHY…OLIN…AMBER…ROCHESTER AND MONTICELLO.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 213 AND 264.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 45.

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 WIND DAMAGE…AND IT REMAINS A THREAT.