Severe Weather

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Johnson, Jones and Linn) until Midnight

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1056 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN CEDAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

* AT 1051 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 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 COGGON TO LAKE MACBRIDE STATE PARK…OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANCHESTER TO 11 MILES
NORTH OF IOWA CITY…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SOLON…CENTRAL CITY…WHITTIER…WAUBEEK…SPRINGVILLE…MOUNT
VERNON…VIOLA…PRAIRIEBURG…LISBON…MARTELLE…STONE CITY…
ANAMOSA…MECHANICSVILLE…MORLEY…LANGWORTHY…AMBER…
MONTICELLO…STANWOOD…TIPTON…OLIN…CENTER JUNCTION…
CLARENCE…ONSLOW…WYOMING…OXFORD JUNCTION…LOWDEN…
WHEATLAND…TORONTO…LOST NATION…CANTON…NASHVILLE AND
MONMOUTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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