BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
428 PM CDT WED JUN 23 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN MUSCATINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN BUREAU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
NORTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
ROCK ISLAND COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT.

* AT 425 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH…AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR BUFFALO…OR 7 MILES WEST OF ROCK ISLAND…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
ROCK ISLAND…MILAN…ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL AND OAK GROVE AROUND 435 PM CDT…
MOLINE…MOLINE QUAD-CITY AIRPORT…EAST MOLINE AND COAL VALLEY AROUND 440 PM CDT…
COLONA AND SILVIS AROUND 445 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 286 AND 306.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 52.

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 10.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.