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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN IOWA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN MUSCATINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
KEOKUK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT.

* AT 625 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH…AND PING PONG BALL SIZE
HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES WEST OF MILLERSBURG TO HEDRICK…OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARENGO TO 8
MILES NORTH OF OTTUMWA…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DELTA…MARTINSBURG…ABINGDON…HAYESVILLE…KESWICK…
SIGOURNEY…PACKWOOD…RICHLAND…SOUTH ENGLISH…NORTH ENGLISH…
HARPER…PLEASANT PLAIN…WILLIAMSBURG…PARNELL…CONROY…
KINROSS…BRIGHTON…WELLMAN…WASHINGTON…OXFORD…UNIVERSITY OF
IOWA…COTTER…RIVERSIDE…RICHMOND…KALONA…AINSWORTH…
CONESVILLE…UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS…TIFFIN…SOLON…OAKDALE…NORTH
LIBERTY…LONE TREE…LAKE MACBRIDE STATE PARK…IOWA CITY…HILLS
AND CORALVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 211 AND 253.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 10.

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.