BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1022 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1019 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES WEST OF LYLE TO 31 MILES WEST OF NORA SPRINGS…MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
ST. ANSGAR AROUND 1050 PM…
STACYVILLE AROUND 1055 PM…
NORA SPRINGS AROUND 1100 PM…
OSAGE AND RUDD AROUND 1105 PM…
RICEVILLE AROUND 1110 PM…
CHARLES CITY AND FLOYD AROUND 1115 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.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS MAY ALSO CAUSE THE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING.