Severe Weather

New Warning (Buchanan) until 7pm

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
549 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT.

* AT 548 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH…AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIRBANK TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF JESUP…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF WATERLOO TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDEPENDENCE…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HAZLETON…WINTHROP…STANLEY…AURORA AND LAMONT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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