BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
728 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 726 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF FLOYD CROSSING…OR 9 MILES WEST OF CHARLES CITY…MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
IDLEWILDE STATE PARK AROUND 740 PM…
FLOYD AND FLOYD CROSSING AROUND 745 PM…
HOWARDVILLE AROUND 750 PM…
CHARLES CITY AROUND 800 PM…
COLWELL COUNTY PARK AROUND 805 PM…
COLWELL AND BUNNS WOODS COUNTY PARK AROUND 815 PM…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR A STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT…LAY FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD.