BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
132 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
WEST CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN…

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 131 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MCGREGOR TO HAWKEYE…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
MAYNARD AROUND 140 PM…
OELWEIN AROUND 145 PM…
ELKADER AND VOLGA AROUND 150 PM…
ARLINGTON AROUND 155 PM…
GUTTENBERG AROUND 205 PM…
STRAWBERRY POINT AROUND 210 PM…
CASSVILLE AROUND 215 PM…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

STAY OR MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BE CAREFUL OF FALLING TREES…POWER POLES OR LINES…AND LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS THAT MIGHT BECOME AIRBORNE OR DAMAGED.

STAY OR MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BESIDES POSSIBLE ROOF OR CROP DAMAGE…HAIL MAY ALSO DENT VEHICLES OR BREAK WINDSHIELDS IF LEFT UNPROTECTED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.