BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
726 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT.

* AT 725 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 4 NW BELLE PLAINE…OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARENGO…MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN SITED 4 NORTHWEST OF BELLE PLAINE.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
LUZERNE AROUND 740 PM CDT…
KEYSTONE AROUND 745 PM CDT…
BLAIRSTOWN AROUND 800 PM CDT…
VAN HORNE AROUND 810 PM CDT…
NEWHALL AROUND 815 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 42 AND 44.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN IOWA.