BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
745 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
WESTERN DUBUQUE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
* UNTIL 845 AM CDT.
* AT 741 AM CDT…TRAINED SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR TROY MILLS…OR 17 MILES NORTH OF CEDAR RAPIDS…AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PARIS…CENTRAL CITY…WHITTIER…COGGON…WAUBEEK…MASONVILLE…
RYAN…PRAIRIEBURG…STONE CITY…MANCHESTER…ANAMOSA…DELHI…
DELAWARE…LANGWORTHY…ONEIDA…HOPKINTON…MONTICELLO…
EARLVILLE…CENTER JUNCTION…ONSLOW…WORTHINGTON…DYERSVILLE…
NEW VIENNA…CASCADE…LUXEMBURG…FARLEY…BANKSTON…HOLY CROSS AND EPWORTH
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 29 AND 38.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF BLOWING DOWN TREES AND POWER POLES. MOVE INDOORS TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY.
THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED WINDS OF 80 MPH…AND IT REMAINS A THREAT.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS.