BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
914 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CEDAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT.

* AT 910 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
AROUND 60 MPH…AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM STANWOOD TO WEST
BRANCH…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CLARENCE…TIPTON…ROCHESTER…LOWDEN…BENNETT…TORONTO…
WHEATLAND AND CALAMUS.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 255 AND 283.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

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

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.