BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
620 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 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…

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 612 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE ALONG INTERSTATE 35 FROM
ALBERT LEA TO NEAR THORTON…MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THESE STORMS
HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE
WINDS OF 55 TO 65 MPH OVER THE PAST HOUR.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
NORA SPRINGS AROUND 630 PM…
ST. ANSGAR AROUND 635 PM…
RUDD AND ROCKFORD AROUND 640 PM…
OSAGE AND STACYVILLE AROUND 645 PM…
CHARLES CITY AROUND 655 PM…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS…PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS…WHICH CAN UPROOT TREES… AND DOWN POWER LINES.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES AS THEY MAY BE OVERTURNED. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.