BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
505 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHERN KEOKUK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT.

* AT 500 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BATAVIA…OR NEAR OTTUMWA…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
ABINGDON AROUND 510 PM CDT…
PACKWOOD AROUND 515 PM CDT…
RICHLAND AROUND 520 PM CDT…
PLEASANT PLAIN AROUND 525 PM CDT…
BRIGHTON AROUND 530 PM CDT…
COPPOCK AROUND 535 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE IMMEDIATELY INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.