BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1011 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN CEDAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT.

* AT 1009 PM CDT…TRAINED SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF CANTON TO CLARENCE TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROCHESTER…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF STANWOOD TO 9 MILES NORTH OF WEST BRANCH…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OXFORD JUNCTION…MONMOUTH…NASHVILLE…TORONTO…LOWDEN…LOST NATION…LA MOTTE…FULTON…ST. DONATUS…HURSTVILLE…WHEATLAND…BENNETT…ANDREW…CALAMUS…DELMAR…BELLEVUE…SPRINGBROOK…GRAND MOUND…WELTON…DURANT…DEWITT…CHARLOTTE…SPRAGUEVILLE…PRESTON AND GREEN ISLAND.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 258 AND 280.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE IMMEDIATELY INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE…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.

THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING.

THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.