BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
417 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN IOWA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN KEOKUK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT.

* AT 412 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH…AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. ONE STORM WAS LOCATED
APPROXIMATELY NEAR WELLMAN…OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF
WASHINGTON. ANOTHER WAS BETWEEN WINDHAM AND FRYTOWN. BOTH STORMS
WERE MOVING MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RICHMOND…KALONA…RIVERSIDE…TIFFIN…HILLS…CORALVILLE…
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS…OAKDALE…UNIVERSITY OF IOWA…IOWA CITY AND
NORTH LIBERTY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 232 AND 251.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 4.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI