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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN IOWA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN KEOKUK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.

* AT 853 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH…AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR NORTH ENGLISH…OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIGOURNEY…AND MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WELLMAN…KALONA…CORALVILLE…OAKDALE…UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS…HILLS…UNIVERSITY OF IOWA AND IOWA CITY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 240 AND 253.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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