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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
EASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHERN LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
EAST CENTRAL VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.

* AT 448 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 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS CITY TO NEW LONDON TO BONAPARTE…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF WAPELLO TO 11 MILES EAST OF MOUNT PLEASANT TO 11 MILES EAST OF KEOSAUQUA…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
DONNELLSON…MEDIAPOLIS…DANVILLE AND ST. PAUL AROUND 500 PM
CDT…
TOOLESBORO…OAKVILLE AND FRANKLIN AROUND 505 PM CDT…MANNON…NEW BOSTON AND MIDDLETOWN AROUND 510 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 26 AND 33.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS STORMS 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.

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