Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS La Crosse, WI
Issued by NWS La Crosse, WI
447 WWUS53 KARX 212043 SVSARX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service La Crosse WI 343 PM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024 MNC045-055-169-212130- /O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0129.000000T0000Z-240921T2130Z/ Winona MN-Houston MN-Fillmore MN- 343 PM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WINONA...NORTHERN HOUSTON AND EAST CENTRAL FILLMORE COUNTIES... At 343 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Rushford, or 13 miles east of Preston, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. This severe storm will be near... Houston around 405 PM CDT. Hokah around 430 PM CDT. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Bratsberg, Rushford Village, Perkins, Mound Prairie, Nodine, Ridgeway, and County 9 And Sather Valley Road. People attending La Crescent Applefest should seek safe shelter! This includes Interstate 90 in Minnesota between mile markers 259 and 271, and near mile marker 274. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. If on or near the Mississippi River, get away from the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 15 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm. && LAT...LON 4367 9185 4378 9186 4400 9145 4387 9132 4375 9125 TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 264DEG 20KT 4372 9181 THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ Shea