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

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