Severe Weather

New Warning (Jackson) until 9:45pm

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT.

* AT 844 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH…AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF CANTON TO NASHVILLE…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA TO 7 MILES WEST OF MAQUOKETA…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HURSTVILLE…FULTON…ANDREW…SPRINGBROOK…SPRAGUEVILLE…PRESTON…BELLEVUE…MILES…GREEN ISLAND AND SABULA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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