BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
427 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN WINNESHIEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
EASTERN FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA…
NORTHWESTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA…
SOUTHEASTERN WINONA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA…
SOUTHEASTERN BUFFALO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN…

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 423 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LANESBORO
TO HARMONY…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. TRAINED
WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE ALREADY REPORTED WINDS OF 60 MPH WITH THESE
STORMS. THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING FOR WINNESHIEK…FILLMORE…HOUSTON…WINONA AND BUFFALO
COUNTIES.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
RUSHFORD AROUND 435 PM…
HOUSTON AROUND 445 PM…
WINONA AROUND 450 PM…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES…AND CAN DO SO QUICKLY.
MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR
BUSINESS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM THURSDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.