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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 621 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WESTGATE…OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF OELWEIN…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
COUNTY ROADS 3 AND W 13 AROUND 630 PM…
OELWEIN AROUND 635 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 1100 PM FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.