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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 908 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ST. ANSGAR TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORA SPRINGS…MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
ST. ANSGAR AROUND 915 PM…
STACYVILLE AROUND 920 PM…
NORA SPRINGS AROUND 925 PM…
OSAGE AND RUDD AROUND 930 PM…
ROCKFORD AROUND 935 PM…
MARBLE ROCK AROUND 940 PM…
RICEVILLE AND FLOYD AROUND 945 PM…
CHARLES CITY AND LIME SPRINGS AROUND 955 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.