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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN BUREAU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
JO DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
NORTHEASTERN ROCK ISLAND COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
WHITESIDE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT.

* AT 133 PM 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 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GALENA TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALBANY TO 20 MILES WEST OF ALPHA…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GALENA TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLINTON TO ALEDO…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
COLONA…ALBANY…CLINTON AND GREEN ISLAND AROUND 145 PM CDT…
ANDOVER…WARNER…OSBORN AND CLEVELAND AROUND 150 PM CDT…
ORION AND LYNN CENTER AROUND 155 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND 38.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 33.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 88 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 37.

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.

BRIEF TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN ADDITION TO DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS.

THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE …AND IT REMAINS A THREAT.