Severe Weather

New Warning (Benton) until 9:45pm

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
847 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT.

* AT 845 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH….AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 17 MILES WEST OF KEYSTONE…OR 25 MILES WEST OF VINTON…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
GARRISON AROUND 915 PM CDT…
MOUNT AUBURN AND VINTON AROUND 920 PM CDT…
VINTON AROUND 925 PM CDT…
URBANA AROUND 935 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 40 AND 48.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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