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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT

* AT 148 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ELGIN TO FAYETTE…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FAYETTE AND CLAYTON COUNTIES.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
FARMERSBURG AROUND 215 PM…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

STAY OR MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BE CAREFUL OF FALLING TREES…POWER POLES OR LINES…AND LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS THAT MIGHT BECOME AIRBORNE OR DAMAGED.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.