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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN CEDAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
CLINTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN MUSCATINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
ROCK ISLAND COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
SOUTHWESTERN WHITESIDE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT.

* AT 143 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH…AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CENTER JUNCTION TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALEDO…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES EAST OF ANAMOSA TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALEDO…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MONMOUTH…LOST NATION…CALAMUS…OAK GROVE…DONAHUE…CABLE…DAVENPORT…MILAN…ROCK ISLAND…SHERRARD…NASHVILLE…ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL…GRAND MOUND…ELDRIDGE…MOLINE QUAD-CITYAIRPORT…LONG GROVE…MOLINE…COAL VALLEY…HURSTVILLE…RIVERDALE…MAQUOKETA…BETTENDORF…EAST MOLINE…WELTON…LYNNCENTER…FULTON…ORION…DEWITT…DELMAR…SILVIS…WARNER…HAMPTON…ANDOVER…COLONA…MCCAUSLAND…ANDREW…LE CLAIRE…CLEVELAND…RAPIDS CITY…PORT BYRON…PRINCETON…CHARLOTTE…OSBORN…CORDOVA…LOW MOOR…SPRINGBROOK…SPRAGUEVILLE…PRESTON…GENESEO…CAMANCHE…MILES…ALBANY…CLINTON AND GREEN ISLAND.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 273 AND 306.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND
26.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND
25.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 280 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 18.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 88 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 16.

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.