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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
ALLAMAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 517 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF WAUKON…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED A TORNADO NEAR WEST UNION AND CONTINUES TO SHOW THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER TORNADO.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
MAUD AROUND 525 PM…
ELON AND DALBY AROUND 540 PM…
CHURCHTOWN AROUND 545 PM…
LANSING AND RED BARN CAMPGROUND AROUND 600 PM…

THIS REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING FOR ALLAMAKEE COUNTY. THE STORM IS INTENSIFYING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.