BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
155 AM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN CEDAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
MUSCATINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN BUREAU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
ROCK ISLAND COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
WHITESIDE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
EASTERN LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 245 AM CDT.

* AT 148 AM 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 ROCHESTER TO FAIRPORT TO JOY…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TIPTON TO 6 MILES EAST OF MUSCATINE TO ALEDO…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH…AND HAS CAUSED DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER POLES AND LINES.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ANDALUSIA…BLUE GRASS…VIOLA…BUFFALO…BENNETT…SHERRARD…MILAN…ROCK ISLAND…DAVENPORT…ALPHA… MOLINE…DONAHUE…COAL VALLEY…CALAMUS…WOODHULL…LYNN CENTER…EAST MOLINE…RIVERDALE…ELDRIDGE…ORION…BETTENDORF…WARNER…SILVIS…LONG GROVE…ANDOVER…GRAND MOUND…HAMPTON…DEWITT…OSBORN…PORT BYRON…MCCAUSLAND…PRINCETON…GENESEO…ATKINSON…KEWANEE…CAMANCHE…ALBANY… CLINTON…SHEFFIELD…PROPHETSTOWN…MORRISON…LYNDON…FULTON AND EAST CLINTON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 255 AND 306.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 48.

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.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 88 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 32.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

IF YOU ARE CAMPING…MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO A STURDY SHELTER FOR SAFETY.

PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.