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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1256 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WABASHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

  DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

  OLMSTED COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

  WINONA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

  HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

  FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 1256 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE 

  WARNED AREA.  ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT 3 TO 10 INCHES 

  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE WARNED 

  AREA.



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

  BROWNSVILLE...BYRON...CALEDONIA...CANTON...CHATFIELD AND CLAREMONT.



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 4436 9198 4417 9185 4391 9132 4350 9126

      4351 9243 4383 9245 4386 9306 4420 9306

      4419 9255 4437 9256 4437 9243 4445 9243

      4445 9225



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