Severe Weather

New Warning (Buchanan) until 6pm

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
524 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.

* AT 519 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60
MPH…AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY
15 MILES WEST OF JESUP…OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF WATERLOO…AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
INDEPENDENCE…FAIRBANK…HAZLETON…STANLEY…AURORA AND LAMONT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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