BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
147 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
KEOKUK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 245 AM CDT.

* AT 145 AM CDT…TRAINED SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHAT CHEER TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HEDRICK…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIGOURNEY TO OTTUMWA…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
WHAT CHEER AROUND 155 AM CDT…
HEDRICK AND DELTA AROUND 200 AM CDT…
MARTINSBURG AROUND 205 AM CDT…
SIGOURNEY…KESWICK AND HAYESVILLE AROUND 210 AM CDT…
SIGOURNEY AND BATAVIA AROUND 215 AM CDT…
ABINGDON AROUND 220 AM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.