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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN ALLAMAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 535 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF POSTVILLE…OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEST UNION…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
FAYETTE AND MAYNARD AROUND 545 PM…
ELGIN AND COUNTY ROADS B 56 AND W 64 AROUND 550 PM…
LUANA AND COUNTY ROAD W 33 AND 187 AROUND 555 PM…
MONONA AND GUNDER AROUND 600 PM…
ARLINGTON AND HIGHWAY 56 AND COUNTY W 70 AROUND 605 PM…
FARMERSBURG AND FROELICH AROUND 610 PM…
VOLGA AND ST. OLAF AROUND 615 PM…
ELKADER AROUND 620 PM…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION…MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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. HAIL DAMAGE MAY BE SIGNIFICANT…INCLUDING BROKEN WINDOWS IN BUILDINGS AND CARS. ANYONE CAUGHT OUTDOORS COULD BE INJURED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.