BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
512 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN DUBUQUE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.

* AT 510 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR COGGON…OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANAMOSA…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
RYAN AROUND 515 PM CDT…
BUCK CREEK AROUND 525 PM CDT…
TURTLE CREEK PARK AND BAILEYS FORD PARK AROUND 530 PM CDT…
HOPKINTON…DELHI AND DELAWARE AROUND 535 PM CDT…
EARLVILLE AROUND 540 PM CDT…
WORTHINGTON AROUND 545 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.

ABANDON A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY FOR A MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SAFE SHELTER IS AVAILABLE…MOVE TO A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED A TORNADO AND REMAINS A THREAT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.