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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
302 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024

The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Van Buren County in southeastern Iowa...
  Jefferson County in southeastern Iowa...
  Scotland County in northeastern Missouri...

* Until 345 PM CDT.

* At 302 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 6 miles southwest of Ottumwa to near Pulaski to near
  Kirksville, moving northeast at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Fairfield, Memphis, Keosauqua, Batavia, Birmingham, Milton,
  Libertyville, Maharishi Vedic City, Cantril, Packwood, Pleasant
  Plain, Douds, Abingdon, Leando, Crawford, Arbela, Mount Sterling,
  Hitt, Mount Zion, and Selma.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
sturdy building.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for southeastern
Iowa...and northeastern Missouri.

&&

LAT...LON 4059 9235 4060 9218 4116 9218 4116 9175
      4061 9194 4033 9209 4030 9235
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 234DEG 48KT 4096 9251 4073 9234 4015 9256 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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