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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CEDAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
EAST CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT.

* AT 429 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR IOWA CITY…AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE STORM IS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF
CHARLOTTE AND MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST
BRANCH…ROCHESTER…TIPTON…BENNETT…CLARENCE…LOWDEN…
WHEATLAND…TORONTO…CALAMUS…LOST NATION AND GRAND MOUND.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 241 AND 263.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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