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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

914 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA

  HOWARD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA

  FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

  MOWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 1200 AM CDT



* AT 914 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED SEVERAL

  ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS MOWER AND FILLMORE 

  COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND MITCHELL AND HOWARD   

  COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST IOWA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE  

  POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING OVER AN INCH AN HOUR.  



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ADAMS...AUSTIN...

  BROWNSDALE...CANTON...FOUNTAIN...GRAND MEADOW AND HARMONY.

  THIS INCLUDES THE CEDAR...ROOT...AND UPPER IOWA RIVERS AND THEIR

  TRIBUTARIES. 



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.



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.



LAT...LON 4382 9302 4322 9301 4323 9210 4350 9208

      4352 9174 4383 9175



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