Severe Weather

New Warning (5 Counties in SE Iowa)

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1109 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN MUSCATINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

* AT 1105 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH….AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR WAYLAND…OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNT PLEASANT…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
OLDS AROUND 1120 PM CDT…
WYMAN…CRAWFORDSVILLE AND WINFIELD AROUND 1125 PM CDT…
COTTER AROUND 1130 PM CDT…
COLUMBUS CITY AROUND 1135 PM CDT…
COLUMBUS JUNCTION AROUND 1140 PM CDT…
LETTS AND GRANDVIEW AROUND 1150 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.