BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
539 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN STEPHENSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT.
* AT 538 PM CDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR GERMAN VALLEY...OR 11 MILES EAST OF FREEPORT...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM
OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
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