BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
155 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 155 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR VOLGA…OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELKADER…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS TORNADO WARNING UPGRADES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CLAYTON COUNTY.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
SAINT SEBALD AND OSBORNE AROUND 200 PM…
HIGHWAY 13 AND COUNTY C 24 AND MEDERVILLE AROUND 205 PM…
STRAWBERRY POINT AND LITTLEPORT AROUND 210 PM…
BIXBY STATE PARK AND ELKPORT AROUND 220 PM…
WOOD AROUND 225 PM…
UPDEGRAFF AND FAIRVIEW AROUND 230 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.

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