BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1158 AM CDT FRI JUN 18 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN IOWA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT.

* AT 1156 AM CDT…TRAINED SPOTTERS AND 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 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF URBANA TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH ENGLISH…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINTON TO 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIGOURNEY…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
AMANA…SHELLSBURG AND ATKINS AROUND 1205 PM CDT…
WALKER…PALO…FAIRFAX AND CENTER POINT AROUND 1210 PM CDT…
OXFORD…TROY MILLS AND TODDVILLE AROUND 1215 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 218 AND 253.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 48.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF BLOWING DOWN TREES AND POWER POLES. MOVE INDOORS TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY.

THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND IT REMAINS A THREAT.

PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.