BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
343 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 338 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON JUNCTION…OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST UNION…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
FORT ATKINSON AND FESTINA AROUND 350 PM…
CALMAR AND SPILLVILLE AROUND 355 PM…
OSSIAN AND CONOVER AROUND 400 PM…
DECORAH AND STATE ROAD 9 AND FRANKVILLE ROAD AROUND 415 PM…

DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FREDERICKSBURG WITH THIS STORM FROM A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. ALSO…ANOTHER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST WINNISHIEK COUNTY CLOSER TO 4 PM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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