BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
544 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 AM CDT

* AT 542 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES
NORTHWEST OF NORA SPRINGS TO NASHUA…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
IONIA AROUND 550 AM…
OSAGE AND ST. ANSGAR AROUND 555 AM…
NEW HAMPTON AND STACYVILLE AROUND 600 AM…
RICEVILLE AND ELMA AROUND 605 AM…
JERICO AROUND 610 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.