Severe Weather

New Warning (Chickasaw, Fayette, Howard and Winneshiek) until 2:45am

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHERN HOWARD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
WINNESHIEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 245 AM CDT

* AT 145 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ELMA TO TRIPOLI…MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
NEW HAMPTON AROUND 155 AM…
JERICO AND FREDERICKSBURG AROUND 200 AM…
LAWLER AROUND 205 AM…
WAUCOMA AND PROTIVIN AROUND 215 AM…
SPILLVILLE AND RIDGEWAY AROUND 225 AM…
WEST UNION AND CALMAR AROUND 230 AM…
OSSIAN AROUND 235 AM…
DECORAH AND CLERMONT AROUND 240 AM…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS…PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.