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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 643 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GARNAVILLO TO MAYNARD…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FAYETTE AND CLAYTON COUNTIES.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
ARLINGTON AROUND 655 PM…
GUTTENBERG AROUND 710 PM…
STRAWBERRY POINT AROUND 715 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 1100 PM FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.