BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
426 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
MUSCATINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
ROCK ISLAND COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
NORTHERN LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT.

* AT 423 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60
MPH…AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY
NEAR CONESVILLE…OR 8 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS JUNCTION…AND
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LETTS…FRUITLAND…MUSCATINE…ELIZA…FAIRPORT…ILLINOIS CITY…
MONTPELIER…WALCOTT…BLUE GRASS…HAMLET…BUFFALO…ANDALUSIA…
REYNOLDS…TAYLOR RIDGE…DAVENPORT…ELDRIDGE…ROCK ISLAND…OAK
GROVE…MILAN…SHERRARD…CABLE…SILVIS…RAPIDS CITY…PORT
BYRON…MOLINE…HAMPTON…EAST MOLINE…CORDOVA…COAL VALLEY…
RIVERDALE…PRINCETON…LE CLAIRE AND BETTENDORF.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 282 AND 306.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 4.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 3.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 280 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 18.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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