BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
124 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CEDAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
MUSCATINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
SOUTHWESTERN ROCK ISLAND COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
NORTHERN LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT.

* AT 120 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH…AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BERTRAM TO LETTS…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CEDAR RAPIDS TO COLUMBUS JUNCTION…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GRANDVIEW…MOUNT VERNON…SPRINGVILLE…WEST LIBERTY…LISBON…FRUITLAND…MARTELLE…ATALISSA…MUSCATINE…MECHANICSVILLE…
ELIZA…MORLEY…TIPTON…WILTON…STANWOOD…ILLINOIS CITY…OLIN…FAIRPORT AND CLARENCE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 245 AND 275.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 21 AND 25.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS.