SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...SOUTHWESTERN JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...SOUTHERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...

 

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
912 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...
  SOUTHWESTERN JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...
  SOUTHERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT.

* AT 911 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR ATKINS...OR 10 MILES WEST OF
  CEDAR RAPIDS...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  PALO...TODDVILLE...HIAWATHA...ROBINS...MARION...BERTRAM...
  WHITTIER...VIOLA...SPRINGVILLE...MOUNT VERNON...LISBON AND
  MARTELLE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 30.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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