BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
938 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

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…
WESTERN MUSCATINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN KEOKUK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT.

* AT 932 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH…AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM URBANA TO
SIGOURNEY…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
VINTON TO SIGOURNEY…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
KINROSS…CENTER POINT…AMANA…PALO…WALFORD…FAIRFAX…
TODDVILLE…OXFORD…HIAWATHA…WELLMAN…ROBINS…CEDAR RAPIDS…
ALBURNETT…SWISHER…PARIS…SHUEYVILLE…MARION…TIFFIN…
CENTRAL CITY…COGGON…KALONA…ELY…RICHMOND…NORTH LIBERTY…
BERTRAM…WASHINGTON…OAKDALE…CORALVILLE…WAUBEEK…LAKE
MACBRIDE STATE PARK…WHITTIER…PRAIRIEBURG…UNIVERSITY
HEIGHTS…VIOLA…SPRINGVILLE…SOLON…IOWA CITY…RIVERSIDE…
HILLS…MOUNT VERNON…STONE CITY…AINSWORTH…LISBON…
MARTELLE…ANAMOSA…COTTER…LONE TREE…LANGWORTHY…WEST
BRANCH…MORLEY…MONTICELLO…MECHANICSVILLE…AMBER…COLUMBUS
JUNCTION…CONESVILLE…NICHOLS…WEST LIBERTY…OLIN…STANWOOD…
ROCHESTER…TIPTON…LETTS AND ATALISSA.

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.