BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
418 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
IOWA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT.

* AT 413 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF JESUP TO 19 MILES WEST OF BELLE PLAINE…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF WATERLOO TO 30 MILES WEST OF MARENGO…AND MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VICTOR…KEYSTONE…GARRISON…MOUNT AUBURN…LADORA…HAZLETON…
VAN HORNE…VINTON…INDEPENDENCE…NORTH ENGLISH…WILLIAMSBURG…
NEWHALL…CONROY…AURORA…URBANA…WINTHROP…SHELLSBURG…PALO…
HIAWATHA…ROBINS…CEDAR RAPIDS…COGGON…MANCHESTER…TIFFIN…
CENTRAL CITY…MARION…OAKDALE…NORTH LIBERTY…CORALVILLE…
DELAWARE…PRAIRIEBURG…IOWA CITY…HILLS…SPRINGVILLE…COLESBURG…
VIOLA…MOUNT VERNON…LONE TREE…LISBON AND EARLVILLE.

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.

WIND DAMAGE WILL OCCUR BEFORE THUNDER CAN BE HEARD OR RAIN BEGINS. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN IOWA.