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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT.

* AT 528 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 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRANDON TO 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELLE PLAINE…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDEPENDENCE TO 30 MILES WEST OF VINTON…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
MOUNT AUBURN AND BRANDON AROUND 550 PM CDT…
GARRISON AND ROWLEY AROUND 600 PM CDT…
BELLE PLAINE AROUND 605 PM CDT…
QUASQUETON…VINTON AND KEYSTONE AROUND 610 PM CDT…
LUZERNE AND WALKER AROUND 615 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 12 AND 55.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING.