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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT.

* AT 741 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A EVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH…AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR TODDVILLE…OR 12 MILES NORTH OF CEDAR RAPIDS…AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ALBURNETT…PARIS…MARION…ELY…COGGON…CENTRAL CITY…
BERTRAM…WAUBEEK…WHITTIER…PRAIRIEBURG…SPRINGVILLE…VIOLA…MOUNT VERNON…LISBON…STONE CITY…MARTELLE…ANAMOSA…MORLEY…LANGWORTHY…MONTICELLO…AMBER…OLIN…CENTER JUNCTION…ONSLOW…WYOMING AND OXFORD JUNCTION.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 38.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF BLOWING DOWN TREES AND POWER POLES. MOVE INDOORS TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY.