BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES
IA IL
445 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 1997
* TORNADO WARNING FOR
BENTON COUNTY - IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA
* UNTIL 535 PM CDT
* THIS TORNADO WILL REACH NEAR
ATKINS AROUND 450 PM CDT
SHELLSBURG AROUND 450 PM CDT
WALFORD AROUND 450 PM CDT
* AT 445 PM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS INDICATED
BY QUAD CITIES
IA DOPPLER RADAR 17 MILES WEST OF CEDAR
RAPIDS OR 6 MILES WEST OF
ATKINS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO..NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN IT
IN A CAR. CARS ARE
EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.
HENDRICKS