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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
BUREAU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
NORTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
SOUTHEASTERN ROCK ISLAND COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT.

* AT 847 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH…AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR COAL VALLEY…OR NEAR MOLINE…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LYNN CENTER…CLEVELAND…OSBORN…ANDOVER…CAMBRIDGE…GENESEO…
ATKINSON…HOOPPOLE…ANNAWAN…KEWANEE…SHEFFIELD…BUDA… WALNUT…WYANET…TISKILWA…PRINCETON…SPRING VALLEY…LADD…LA MOILLE…DEPUE…DALZELL…MC NABB…HENNEPIN AND GRANVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 72.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 3.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 280 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 18.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 88 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 8.

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.