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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1144 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VERNON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN



* UNTIL 245 AM CDT



* AT 1143 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED AN

  AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST INTO VERNON COUNTY. THIS

  THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX MAY PRODUCE BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES

  OF RAIN BETWEEN 1145 PM AND 245 PM.    



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

  HILLSBORO...STODDARD...VIROQUA...WESTBY...HIGHWAY 82 AND COUNTY

  D AND HIGHWAY 82 AND COUNTY A. RESIDENTS ALONG THE BAD AXE AND 

  KICKAPOO RIVERS...AND COPIN...COON...AND COY CREEKS SHOULD BE 

  ALERT FOR RAPID RISES AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS

  OBSERVED.   



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 4372 9032 4357 9033 4357 9067 4344 9067

      4343 9121 4371 9126



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