BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1124 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT.

* AT 1118 PM 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 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MEDIAPOLIS TO LOWELL TO 9 MILES WEST OF DONNELLSON…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAPELLO TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT PLEASANT TO 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KEOSAUQUA…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DANVILLE…WEST POINT…FRANKLIN…MIDDLETOWN…DENMARK…WEST BURLINGTON…BURLINGTON…GULFPORT…OQUAWKA…GLADSTONE…ROZETTA…CARMAN…BIGGSVILLE…LITTLE YORK…KIRKWOOD…STRONGHURST…TERRE HAUTE…LITTLE SWAN LAKE…RARITAN…ROSEVILLE AND MONMOUTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.