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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
IOWA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
KEOKUK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT.

* AT 645 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH….AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 28 MILES WEST OF GARRISON TO 26 MILES WEST OF WHAT CHEER…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WATERLOO TO 29 MILES NORTHWEST OF OTTUMWA…AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
BELLE PLAINE AROUND 720 PM CDT…
WHAT CHEER…VICTOR…KEYSTONE AND DELTA AROUND 725 PM CDT…
MOUNT AUBURN…LUZERNE…LADORA AND GARRISON AROUND 730 PM CDT…
VAN HORNE AROUND 735 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 205 AND 227.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 40 AND 48.

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 WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IN CENTRAL IOWA…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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS.