BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
515 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT.

* AT 510 PM CDT…TRAINED SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH…AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 17 MILES WEST OF JESUP…OR NEAR WATERLOO…AND MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
7 MILES NORTH OF JESUP AROUND 535 PM CDT…
HAZLETON AROUND 550 PM CDT…
AURORA AROUND 600 PM CDT…
7 MILES NORTH OF LAMONT AROUND 610 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF WIND BLOW LARGE HAIL. MOVE INDOORS TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY.

THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED LARGE HAIL…AND IT REMAINS A THREAT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN IOWA.