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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

851 AM CDT MON AUG 27 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VERNON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN



* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT



* AT 851 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE         

  WARNED AREA.  ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF 

  RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 2 HOURS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

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



WITH MOIST SOILS FROM LAST WEEKS RAINS AND CONTINUED HEAVY RAIN 

REDEVELOPING OVER WESTERN VERNON COUNTY...SOME CREEKS COULD RISE OUT 

OF THEIR BANKS THIS MORNING. ALSO...STEEP BLUFFS COULD POSE A RISK 

OF MORE MUDSLIDES WHICH COULD AFFECT ROAD TRAVEL. 



THOSE ALONG CREEKS IN VERNON COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THEM CLOSELY FOR 

RAPID RISES. THOSE CLEANING UP THE HISTORICAL FLOODING AUGUST 18 

SHOULD BE CAREFUL OF LIGHTNING IF OUTDOORS.



THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT EAST LATER THIS MORNING. 



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.



LAT...LON 4373 9066 4342 9067 4343 9121 4372 9125



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NWS LA CROSSE

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