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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
244 AM CDT WED JUN 23 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN ALLAMAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
EASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN WINNESHIEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN…
WESTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN…

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT

* AT 240 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OSSIAN TO
STANLEY…MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
ELGIN AND CLERMONT AROUND 250 AM…
VOLGA AND STRAWBERRY POINT AROUND 255 AM…
ELKADER AND MONONA AROUND 305 AM…
GARNAVILLO AROUND 315 AM…
GUTTENBERG AND PRAIRIE DU CHIEN AROUND 320 AM…
CASSVILLE AND BLOOMINGTON AROUND 330 AM…

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. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES…AND CAN DO SO QUICKLY.
MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR
BUSINESS.