BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
715 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
HOWARD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA…
SOUTHEASTERN MOWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA…

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 711 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ADAMS
TO RICEVILLE TO GREENE…MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS
HAVE A HISTORY OF WINDS IN THE 50 TO 55 MPH RANGE AND PENNY TO
QUARTER SIZED HAIL. PREPARE FOR THESE HAZARDS.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
ELMA AND LE ROY AROUND 720 PM…
NASHUA AND IONIA AROUND 725 PM…
LIME SPRINGS AROUND 730 PM…
NEW HAMPTON AND JERICO AROUND 735 PM…
CRESCO AROUND 740 PM…
PROTIVIN AND LAWLER AROUND 750 PM…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS…PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.