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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT.

* AT 918 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
MECHANICSVILLE TO WEST BRANCH…AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
STANWOOD…ROCHESTER…TIPTON…CLARENCE…BENNETT…LOWDEN AND
DURANT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 254 AND 278.

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.