BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
943 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 939 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR COUNTY B 17 AND BELL AVENUE…OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHARLES CITY…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM CAN PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
BASSETT AROUND 950 PM…
IONIA AND NASHUA AROUND 955 PM…
NEW HAMPTON AND JERICO AROUND 1000 PM…
PROTIVIN AROUND 1005 PM…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM…PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.