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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI…
SCOTLAND COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI…
SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHERN VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
SOUTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
NORTHWESTERN MCDONOUGH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT.

* AT 511 PM CDT…TRAINED SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DONNELLSON TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUTLEDGE…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES WEST OF FORT MADISON TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF EDINA…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
FRANKLIN AROUND 520 PM CDT…
NEW BOSTON AND KAHOKA AROUND 525 PM CDT…
FORT MADISON AND ST. FRANCISVILLE AROUND 530 PM CDT…
NIOTA…NAUVOO…MONTROSE AND WAYLAND AROUND 535 PM CDT…
DALLAS CITY AROUND 540 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THESE ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TORNADO-LIKE WINDS AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO WELL BUILT BUILDINGS. 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.

THESE STORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE IN KEOSAUQUA AT 454 PM CDT.

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