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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN ROCK ISLAND COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
CENTRAL WHITESIDE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT.

* AT 604 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR PRINCETON…OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BETTENDORF…AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
CORDOVA AND PORT BYRON AROUND 610 PM CDT…
7 MILES SOUTH OF ALBANY AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF GARDEN PLAIN AROUND
615 PM CDT…
ERIE AROUND 620 PM CDT…
PROPHETSTOWN AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF MORRISON AROUND 625 PM CDT…
LYNDON AROUND 630 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 88 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 11 AND 30.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED NICKEL SIZE HAIL….AND ONE INCH HAIL IS A THREAT.

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