BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
435 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
EASTERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
NORTH CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT.

* AT 433 PM CDT…TRAINED SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR FORT MADISON…MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. AT 430 PM A
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A ROTATING FUNNEL CLOUD JUST EAST OF FORT
MADISON.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
FORT MADISON AND NIOTA AROUND 435 PM CDT…
SAWYER…FORT MADISON MUNICIPAL ARPT AND FRANKLIN AROUND 440 PM
CDT…
DENMARK…WEST POINT AND SOUTH AUGUSTA AROUND 445 PM CDT…
AUGUSTA AND ST. PAUL AROUND 450 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM
OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.