Severe Weather

TORNADO WARNING (Clayton, Fayette)

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
438 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
WESTERN CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
EASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 436 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS INDICATED A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF COUNTY ROADS 3 AND W 33…OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OELWEIN…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND SOUTH OF STANLEY.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
MAYNARD AROUND 500 PM…
HIGHWAYS 3 AND 187 AND JOY SPRINGS COUNTY PARK AROUND 515 PM…
ARLINGTON AROUND 525 PM…
WEST UNION AND VOLGA AROUND 530 PM…

IF STORMS APPROACH YOU IN FAYETTE COUNTY…SEEK SHELTER. MANY STORMS HAVE PRODUCED TORNADOES TODAY. SEEK SHELTER!

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!