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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1218 AM CDT WED JUL 18 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALLAMAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA

  CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA

  GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN



* UNTIL 615 AM CDT



* AT 1218 AM CDT...ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 3

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 2 HOURS OVER THE WARNED

  AREA.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BLOOMINGTON...

  CASSVILLE...CUBA CITY...DICKEYVILLE...HAZEL GREEN...LANCASTER AND

  PLATTEVILLE.



LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE CITY OF PRAIRIE DU CHIEN INDICATED WIDESPREAD 

URBAN FLOODING OF INTERSECTIONS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. OVER 2.4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...WITH THE POTENTIAL 

FOR ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. 



HEAVY RAIN FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS ALSO FALLEN ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN 

ALLAMAKEE COUNTY...IN THE YELLOW RIVER BASIN...AND ACROSS FAR 

NORTHEASTERN CLAYTON COUNTY INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF GRANT 

COUNTY. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FORGE

FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT

DROWN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND

STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO 

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUD-SLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI 

RIVER BLUFFS. PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACT 

QUICKLY TO AVOID THESE HAZARDS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE

AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 4251 9063 4263 9068 4266 9076 4269 9089

      4265 9090 4265 9100 4321 9150 4328 9131

      4273 9043 4251 9042



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