BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1213 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT.

* AT 1210 PM 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 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF DUNDEE TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PARIS…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES EAST OF OELWEIN TO 13 MILES NORTH OF CEDAR RAPIDS…AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
DUNDEE…COGGON AND CENTRAL CITY AROUND 1220 PM CDT…
RYAN AND MANCHESTER AROUND 1225 PM CDT…
PRAIRIEBURG AROUND 1230 PM CDT…
ONEIDA…GREELEY…DELHI AND DELAWARE AROUND 1235 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 70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL…AND IT REMAINS A THREAT.

PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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.