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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHERN DUBUQUE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.

* AT 727 PM CDT…TRAINED SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH….AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LA MOTTE TO JESUP…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTH OF MAQUOKETA TO 11 MILES WEST OF INDEPENDENCE. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
RYAN…QUASQUETON…ROWLEY AND ANDREW AROUND 830 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND 55.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TORNADO-LIKE WINDS AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO WELL BUILT BUILDINGS. MOVE INDOORS TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY.

THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL!…AND IT REMAINS A THREAT.

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