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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

846 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUFFALO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN



* UNTIL 245 AM CDT



* AT 846 PM 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 MODENA...MONDOVI...AS  

  WELL AS PRAAG..CREAM...GILMANTON. ALSO...THOSE WHO LIVE NEAR

  FARRINGTON CREEK...WAUMANDEE CREEK...AND THE BUFFALO RIVER SHOULD  

  BE PREPARED FOR RAPID RISES IN THESE CREEKS AND RIVERS.



THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF RAIN THROUGH 11 

PM...AND THIS MAY ADD TO THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL.



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. 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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER

CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND

PICKUPS. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.



IF YOUR ARE CAMPING...IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE

TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY

RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND AWAY FROM RISING WATER

IMMEDIATELY.



LAT...LON 4459 9156 4407 9161 4414 9175 4425 9188

      4459 9185



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