BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
929 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…
NORTHWESTERN MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
NORTHERN LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.

* AT 923 PM CDT…TRAINED SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR COLUMBUS CITY…OR NEAR COLUMBUS JUNCTION…MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS IS
POSSIBLE.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
COLUMBUS CITY AND CAIRO AROUND 930 PM CDT…
COLUMBUS JUNCTION AROUND 935 PM CDT…
FREDONIA AROUND 940 PM CDT…
LETTS AROUND 955 PM CDT…
GRANDVIEW…MUSCATINE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT…FRUITLAND AND CRANSTON
AROUND 1000 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 SOUTHEASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST
ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.