BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
910 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN IOWA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
WEST CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORHTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 908 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF RICHMOND…AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD…PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT…PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING…WINDOWS…VEHICLES AND CROPS.
EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
RICHMOND…WELLMAN…KALONA…TIFFIN…OXFORD…AMISH…FRYTOWN…
SHARON CENTER…WINDHAM…COSGROVE AND KENT COUNTY PARK.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 228 AND 238.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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LAT…LON 4174 9187 4174 9165 4130 9166 4130 9186
TIME…MOT…LOC 0209Z 185DEG 29KT 4138 9176
HAIL…1.50IN
WIND…60MPH
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