BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
616 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 615 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAYS 9 AND 218…OR NEAR OSAGE…MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
BROWNVILLE AROUND 625 PM…
NEW HAVEN AND PIONEER STATE PARK AROUND 630 PM…
COUNTY ROADS T 54 AND A 31 AROUND 635 PM…
RICEVILLE AND COUNTY B 17 AND BELL AVENUE AROUND 640 PM…
ELMA AND LYLAHS MARSH COUNTY PARK AROUND 645 PM…
SARATOGA AND MAPLE LEAF AROUND 655 PM…
DAVIS CORNERS AND HAYDEN PRAIRIE AROUND 700 PM…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

STAY OR MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BESIDES POSSIBLE ROOF OR CROP DAMAGE…HAIL MAY ALSO DENT VEHICLES OR BREAK WINDSHIELDS IF LEFT UNPROTECTED.