Severe Weather

New Warning (Des Moines, Louisa)

This doesn’t include the city of Burlington

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
757 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
NORTHEASTERN DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT.

* AT 757 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR OAKVILLE…OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAPELLO…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
KEITHSBURG AROUND 805 PM CDT…
SEATON AROUND 815 PM CDT…
LITTLE YORK AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF BURGESS AROUND 820 PM CDT…
6 MILES NORTH OF MONMOUTH AROUND 825 PM CDT…
9 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH HENDERSON AROUND 830 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS.