BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
912 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EAST CENTRAL BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT.

* AT 911 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR ATKINS…OR 10 MILES WEST OF
CEDAR RAPIDS…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PALO…TODDVILLE…HIAWATHA…ROBINS…MARION…BERTRAM…
WHITTIER…VIOLA…SPRINGVILLE…MOUNT VERNON…LISBON AND
MARTELLE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 30.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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