BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
955 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
ALLAMAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
HOWARD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
WINNESHIEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 949 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LIME SPRINGS TO IONIA…MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE ALREADY REPORTED POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN WITH THESE STORMS. THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WINNESHIEK…HOWARD…ALLAMAKEE…FAYETTE…CHICKASAW AND CLAYTON COUNTIES.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
CRESCO AROUND 1000 PM…
LAWLER AND PROTIVIN AROUND 1005 PM…
WAUCOMA AND RIDGEWAY AROUND 1010 PM…
SPILLVILLE AND FORT ATKINSON AROUND 1015 PM…
DECORAH AND CALMAR AROUND 1020 PM…
OSSIAN AROUND 1025 PM…
CLERMONT AROUND 1030 PM…
WAUKON AND POSTVILLE AROUND 1035 PM…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS…PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS…WHICH CAN UPROOT TREES…DOWN POWER LINES…AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO ROOFS AND WINDOWS. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES AS THEY MAY BE OVERTURNED. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO EXPECTED…WHICH CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND WINDOWS. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.