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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 545 AM CDT.

* AT 446 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH…AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES WEST OF MOUNT AUBURN…OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF VINTON…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BRANDON…JESUP…ROWLEY…WALKER…INDEPENDENCE…QUASQUETON…TROY MILLS…WINTHROP…AURORA…MASONVILLE…LAMONT…RYAN…DUNDEE…MANCHESTER…DELHI…DELAWARE…EDGEWOOD…GREELEY…EARLVILLE AND COLESBURG.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 43 AND 55.

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.