Severe Weather

New Warning (Chickasaw, Fayette)

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
950 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
WEST CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 947 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FREDERICKSBURG…OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW HAMPTON…MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
COUNTY ROADS B 54 AND V 56 AROUND 955 PM…
HIGHWAY 18 AND COUNTY V 56 AROUND 1000 PM…
HAWKEYE AND RICHFIELD AROUND 1015 PM…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION…MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REMEMBER…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING.