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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
DUBUQUE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 630 AM CDT.

* AT 520 AM CDT…TRAINED SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR RYAN…OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF MANCHESTER…AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OVER 80 MPH…AND SUSTAINED WINDS OF 60 MPH FOR 10 MINUTES OR MORE.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DELHI…DELAWARE…EDGEWOOD…HOPKINTON…GREELEY…MONTICELLO…
EARLVILLE…WORTHINGTON…COLESBURG…DYERSVILLE…CASCADE…NEW VIENNA…FARLEY…LUXEMBURG…BANKSTON…EPWORTH…HOLY CROSS…BERNARD…PEOSTA…CENTRALIA…RICKARDSVILLE…BALLTOWN…ZWINGLE…ASBURY…DURANGO…SHERRILL…LA MOTTE…DUBUQUE AND SAGEVILLE.

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.