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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 850 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS INDICATED A TORNADO 8 MILES NORTH OF MEYER…OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AUSTIN…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED A TORNADO WITH INJURIES IN AUSTIN TONIGHT AND IS MOVING TOWARD IOWA.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
MEYER AROUND 900 PM…
LITTLE CEDAR AROUND 905 PM…
BAILEY AROUND 910 PM…
MCINTIRE AND COUNTY ROADS T 54 AND A 31 AROUND 915 PM…
COUNTY V 10 AND 40TH STREET AROUND 925 PM…
RICEVILLE AROUND 930 PM…
SARATOGA AROUND 945 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.