BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
913 PM CDT THU APR 29 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 907 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF ROCKFORD…OR 26 MILES WEST OF CHARLES CITY…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
CHARLES CITY…NEW HAMPTON…NORA SPRINGS…ROCKFORD…MARBLE ROCK…RUDD…FLOYD…IONIA…ELMA…COUNTY ROADS B 60 AND T 18…COUNTY ROADS B 20 AND T 26…COUNTY ROADS 147 AND T 34…HIGHWAY 14 AND COUNTY ROAD B 60…ROSEVILLE…OAKWOOD…FLOYD CROSSING…IDLEWILDE STATE PARK…ORCHARD…HOWARDVILLE AND MIDWAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR…DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…DEADLY LIGHTNING…AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.