

000 

WGUS53 KARX 190641

FFWARX

WIC023-191045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

139 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN



* UNTIL 545 AM CDT



* AT 139 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED

  AREA.  ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN

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



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...  

  MOUNT STERLING AND SOLDIERS GROVE.



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 4342 9068 4319 9067 4307 9091 4300 9114

      4314 9115 4329 9105 4342 9120



$$



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000 

WGUS53 KARX 190641

FFWARX

WIC023-191045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

139 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN



* UNTIL 545 AM CDT



* AT 139 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED

  AREA.  ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN

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



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...  

  MOUNT STERLING AND SOLDIERS GROVE.



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 4342 9068 4319 9067 4307 9091 4300 9114

      4314 9115 4329 9105 4342 9120



$$



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