BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
545 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
EASTERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
NORTH CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
SOUTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 540 PM CDT…A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM FORT MADISON TO FERRIS…AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD…QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
FORT MADISON…BURLINGTON…ADRIAN…NIOTA…BURNSIDE…COLUSA…
DENMARK…DALLAS CITY…DISCO…IOWA ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT…
MIDDLETOWN…TERRE HAUTE…WEST BURLINGTON…CARMAN…GULF PORT…
STRONGHURST…MEDIAPOLIS…GLADSTONE…BIGGSVILLE AND FORT MADISON
MUNICIPAL ARPT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS…AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

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LAT…LON 4104 9115 4084 9079 4036 9118 4059 9150
TIME…MOT…LOC 2245Z 206DEG 29KT 4064 9138 4049 9118

HAIL…1.00IN
WIND…60MPH

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MCCLURE