BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
432 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT.

* AT 432 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR HAZLETON…OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OELWEIN…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SPOTTERS REPORT A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR STANLEY.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
AURORA AROUND 505 PM CDT…
LAMONT AROUND 515 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS.