BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1234 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN DUBUQUE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
WESTERN JO DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT.

* AT 1231 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH….AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 23 MILES WEST OF BALLTOWN TO 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BERNARD…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANCHESTER TO ANAMOSA…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
RICKARDSVILLE…PEOSTA AND BALLTOWN AROUND 110 PM CDT…
CENTRALIA AND BERNARD AROUND 115 PM CDT…
SHERRILL…DURANGO AND ASBURY AROUND 120 PM CDT…
ZWINGLE AND SAGEVILLE AROUND 125 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 WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL…AND IT REMAINS A THREAT.

THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING.

THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

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