Severe Weather

TORNADO WARNING (Allamakee) until 10:30pm

This will likely be out of Allamakee County and into neighborhing Crawford county within the next fifteen minutes.
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
952 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN ALLAMAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN…

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 952 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR SIXTEEN…OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRAIRIE DU CHIEN…MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
YELLOW RIVER STATE FOREST AROUND 1000 PM…
HARPERS FERRY AND EFFIGY MOUNDS AROUND 1010 PM…
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN AND HIGHWAY 35 AND COUNTY D AROUND 1015 PM…
LIMERY RIDGE AROUND 1020 PM…
HAZEN CORNERS AND IRISH RIDGE AROUND 1025 PM…
KICKAPOO INDIAN CAVERNS AND WAUZEKA AROUND 1030 PM…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.