BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
335 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
LINN COUNTY - IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 425 PM CDT

* THIS STORM WILL REACH NEAR
MIDWAY AROUND 340 PM CDT
ALICE AROUND 340 PM CDT
HIAWATHA AROUND 340 PM CDT
LAFAYETTE AROUND 340 PM CDT
TROY MILLS AROUND 340 PM CDT
LOUISA AROUND 340 PM CDT
ROBINS AROUND 340 PM CDT
CEDAR RAPIDS AROUND 340 PM CDT

* AT 334 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY QUAD
CITIES IA DOPPLER RADAR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF CEDAR RAPIDS OR 8
MILES WEST OF ALICE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE KEY TO SURVIVAL IS ADVANCED PLANNING. YOU SHOULD KNOW WHERE
THE SAFEST AREAS OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS ARE...SUCH AS INTERIOR
ROOMS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

HENDRICKS

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