Severe Weather

TORNADO WARNING (Fayette) until 4pm

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
322 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 315 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 93 AND COUNTY V 68…OR 15
MILES NORTHWEST OF OELWEIN…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
HIGHWAY 93 AND COUNTY V 68 AND RICHFIELD AROUND 325 PM…
HAWKEYE AROUND 330 PM…
WAUCOMA AND DONNAN AROUND 335 PM…
WEST UNION AND DOUGLAS AROUND 340 PM…
ELDORADO AROUND 345 PM…
CLERMONT AND ELGIN AROUND 350 PM…

EXPECT LIGHTNING AND LARGE HAIL THREAT BEFORE THE TORNADO MOVES IN.
FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN BREMER
COUNTY…IF IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM IN NORTHERN FAYETTE
COUNTY…YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER NOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED
FOR A STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT…LAY FLAT IN A DITCH AND
COVER YOUR HEAD.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.