BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
606 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN IOWA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT.

* AT 604 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH…AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
APPROXIMATELY NEAR LADORA…OR NEAR MARENGO…AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CONROY…BLAIRSTOWN…AMANA…NORWAY…WALFORD…ATKINS…
FAIRFAX…SWISHER…CEDAR RAPIDS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT…SHUEYVILLE…
ROBINS…MARION…HIAWATHA…ELY…CEDAR RAPIDS AND BERTRAM.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 210 AND 216.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 11 AND 29.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.