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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
IOWA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
KEOKUK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT.

* AT 909 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
AROUND 60 MPH…AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BELLE PLAINE TO 16 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DELTA…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MARENGO TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF OTTUMWA…AND MOVING
EAST AT 55 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LADORA…VAN HORNE…KESWICK…BLAIRSTOWN…MILLERSBURG…
HAYESVILLE…SIGOURNEY…NEWHALL…NORTH ENGLISH…SOUTH ENGLISH…
CONROY…WILLIAMSBURG…NORWAY…PARNELL…HARPER…ATKINS…
KINROSS…AMANA…WALFORD…FAIRFAX…OXFORD…WELLMAN…CEDAR
RAPIDS…SWISHER…SHUEYVILLE…TIFFIN…ELY…KALONA…RICHMOND…
NORTH LIBERTY…BERTRAM…OAKDALE…CORALVILLE AND LAKE MACBRIDE
STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 205 AND 241.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 20.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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