BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
429 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 424 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR CHARLES CITY…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH. THIS STORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL
SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. TRAINED SPOTTERS
REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR THE FLOYD COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IN
CHARLES CITY. THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FLOYD AND CHICKASAW COUNTIES.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
MIDWAY AND CARRVILLE AROUND 435 PM…
HOWARDS WOOD RECREATIONAL AREA AND BASSETT AROUND 440 PM…
NASHUA AND BRADFORD AROUND 445 PM…
IONIA AND HIGHWAY 18 AND COUNTY V 18 AROUND 450 PM…
NEW HAMPTON AND WILLIAMSTOWN AROUND 505 PM…
BOYD AROUND 510 PM…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM…PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…WHICH CAN
SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGE ROOFS…WINDOWS…SIDING AND VEHICLES. DAMAGING
WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED…WHICH WILL UPROOT TREES AND DOWN POWER
LINES. 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.