SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LACROSSE

..THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...

AT 230 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER...NEAR AND NORTHWEST OF LA CROSSE. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING NORTH AT ABOUT 40 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
TO FORM FURTHER SOUTHEAST TOWARD RICHLAND CENTER AS THE AFTERNOON
CONTINUES. THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL ALL MOVE NORTHWARD.

THESE STORMS ARE SHOWING ROTATION ON RADAR. PERSISTENT AND STRONG
STORM ROTATION IN THUNDERSTORMS CAN LEAD TO TORNADOES. THEREFORE...
TORNADO WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN
EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM ROUGHLY
MINNEAPOLIS...TO JUST WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...TO LA CROSSE...
TO RICHLAND CENTER WISCONSIN.

STAY WEATHER AWARE THIS AFTERNOON AS TORNADOES CAN FORM IN THE
CONDITIONS PRESENT OVER THE AREA...AND HAVE MULTIPLE WEATHER
INFORMATION SOURCES. KNOW WHERE TO SEEK SHELTER IF A TORNADO WARNING
IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.