BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
357 AM CDT WED AUG 4 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN BUREAU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
ROCK ISLAND COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
SOUTHWESTERN WHITESIDE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT.

* AT 354 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CALAMUS TO ROCK ISLAND TO 19 MILES SOUTH OF TAYLOR RIDGE…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF DURANT TO ROCK ISLAND TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALEDO…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
GRAND MOUND…SILVIS…EAST MOLINE AND COAL VALLEY AROUND 405 AM CDT…
WARNER…ORION…COLONA AND HAMPTON AROUND 410 AM CDT…
DEWITT AND LYNN CENTER AROUND 415 AM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 280 AND 306.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 35.

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 23.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.