BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
102 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN BUREAU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
EASTERN ROCK ISLAND COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
SOUTHERN WHITESIDE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT.

* AT 101 AM CDT…THE MOLINE AIRPORT AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR
CLEVELAND…OR 7 MILES EAST OF EAST MOLINE…AND MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GENESEO…ERIE…ATKINSON…PROPHETSTOWN…HOOPPOLE…ANNAWAN…
TAMPICO…SHEFFIELD…DEER GROVE…BUDA…WALNUT AND WYANET.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND
52.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 280 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 18.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 88 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 16.

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.