BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1240 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN ALLAMAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
EASTERN CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHERN CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHERN WINNESHIEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
* UNTIL 145 PM CDT
* AT 1240 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DECORAH TO PROTIVIN…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
PROTIVIN AROUND 1245 PM…
SPILLVILLE AROUND 1255 PM…
LAWLER AROUND 100 PM…
FORT ATKINSON AND CALMAR AROUND 105 PM…
WAUCOMA AROUND 110 PM…
OSSIAN AROUND 115 PM…
POSTVILLE AND HAWKEYE AROUND 135 PM…
WEST UNION AROUND 140 PM…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
REMEMBER…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING.
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.