BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
653 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
SOUTHERN JO DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
SOUTHWESTERN STEPHENSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT.

* AT 651 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH….AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR SCHAPVILLE…OR 8 MILES EAST OF GALENA…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
ELIZABETH AND WOODBINE AROUND 700 PM CDT…
6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HANOVER AROUND 705 PM CDT…
DERINDA CENTER AROUND 710 PM CDT…
MASSBACH AROUND 715 PM CDT…
MOUNT CARROLL AROUND 735 PM CDT…
LANARK AROUND 745 PM CDT…

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 60 TO 65 MPH AND HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE…AND IT REMAINS A THREAT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS.