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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN MOWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA…

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 639 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR RIVERBEND CAMPGROUND…OR 14 MILES
SOUTH OF AUSTIN…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM CAN
PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF 55 TO 65 MPH WINDS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS.
SEEK SHELTER FROM THIS STORM.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
LYLE AND VARCO AROUND 650 PM…
COUNTY ROADS 56 AND 5 AROUND 700 PM…
ROSE CREEK AND JOHNSBURG AROUND 705 PM…
ADAMS AROUND 710 PM…
TAOPI AROUND 715 PM…

THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS FROM THIS STORM WILL BE IN
SOUTHEST MOWER COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

THE HAZARDOUS STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION
OF MOWER COUNTY. THE STORMS WILL WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST.