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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1153 PM CDT THU APR 24 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT



* AT 1153 PM CDT...ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 2

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 2 HOURS OVER THE WARNED

  AREA.



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

  CASSVILLE...CUBA CITY...DICKEYVILLE...FENNIMORE...LANCASTER AND

  PLATTEVILLE.



COUPLED WITH RAINFALL DURING THURSDAY AFTERNOON OF AN INCH OR MORE 

IN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY...ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN A FEW 

HOURS TIME SEEMS LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF GRANT COUNTY. THIS WILL CAUSE 

A RAPID RUNOFF OF WATER...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH 

FLOODS...ESPECIALLY IN STEEP TERRAIN AREAS AROUND THE MISSISSIPPI 

RIVER...WHERE MUDSLIDES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.



HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE ROCK AND MUD-SLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.

THIS COULD CAUSE ENTIRE HILL SIDES TO GIVE WAY AND IMPACT NEARBY

HOMES AND ROADS. MOVE TO HIGHER OR MORE STABLE GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

USE CAUTION ON AREA ROADS AND NEVER DRIVE INTO HIGH WATER.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT. IF

FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY.



LAT...LON 4258 9042 4259 9070 4264 9073 4271 9102

      4278 9109 4287 9109 4291 9113 4299 9113

      4299 9106 4300 9105 4301 9044



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