BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1131 AM CDT SUN AUG 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT.

* AT 1130 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 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 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF JESUP TO 7 MILES WEST OF GARRISON…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF WATERLOO TO 13 MILES WEST OF VINTON…AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
GARRISON AROUND 1140 AM CDT…
JESUP AND MOUNT AUBURN AROUND 1145 AM CDT…
VINTON AROUND 1150 AM CDT…
BRANDON AROUND 1155 AM CDT…
HAZLETON AROUND NOON CDT…
URBANA…SHELLSBURG AND INDEPENDENCE AROUND 1205 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 AND 55.

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 WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL…AND IT REMAINS A THREAT.

THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING…AND FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.