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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1139 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LA CROSSE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

  VERNON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN

  RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN



* UNTIL 545 AM CDT SUNDAY



* AT 1139 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED        

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE      

  WARNED AREA. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED 6 TO 10 INCHES OF 

  RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 6 HOURS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...COON VALLEY...LA

  CROSSE...LA FARGE...RICHLAND CENTER...STODDARD...VIROQUA AND

  WESTBY.



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. 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.



LAT...LON 4355 9020 4326 9018 4352 9122 4385 9126



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