Severe Weather

New Warning (Chickasaw, Howard, Winneshiek)

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1049 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
WEST CENTRAL WINNESHIEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1047 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOURDES…OR 13 MILES NORTH OF NEW HAMPTON…MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
SCHLEY AROUND 1100 PM…
JERICO AROUND 1110 PM…
SAUDE AND JACKSONVILLE AROUND 1120 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.