BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
858 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN MUSCATINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTH CENTRAL HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT.

* AT 857 PM CDT…TRAINED SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR NOBLE…OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WASHINGTON…MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
CRAWFORDSVILLE AROUND 905 PM CDT…
WYMAN AROUND 910 PM CDT…
AINSWORTH AROUND 915 PM CDT…
COTTER AND HASKINS AROUND 925 PM CDT…
GLADWIN…COLUMBUS JUNCTION…COLUMBUS CITY AND FREDONIA AROUND 930
PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM
OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE TWICE AS DEADLY AS DURING THE DAY AND
DIFFICULT TO SEE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.