BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
451 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 446 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STRAWBERRY POINT…OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANCHESTER…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
ELKADER…GUTTENBERG…VOLGA…FARMERSBURG…GARNAVILLO…
MCGREGOR…MARQUETTE…BIXBY STATE PARK…MEDERVILLE…WOOD…
OSBORNE…LITTLEPORT…COMMUNIA…UPDEGRAFF…
MOTOR…ELKPORT…FAIRVIEW AND GARBER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR…DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…DEADLY LIGHTNING…AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.