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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

926 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PLATTEVILLE...LANCASTER...



* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT



* AT 922 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUES TO INDICATED NUMEROUS    

  ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO FLASH FLOODING ACROSS GRANT COUNTY...AND      

  RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MUSCODA...

  FENNIMORE...BOSCOBEL AND BLOOMINGTON



NUMEROUS ROADS ARE WASHED OUT...AND FURTHER FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY 

FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL END 

AFTER 10 PM...BUT FLASH FLOODING THREATS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 

MIDNIGHT AS WATER RUNS OFF. WITH THE ONSET OF DARKNESS...THIS WILL 

BECOME AN EVEN GREATER DANGER AS FLASH FLOODING IS HARDER TO SEE AT 

NIGHT. DO NOT TRAVEL IN GRANT COUNTY UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY



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.



FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY WASH SECTIONS OF ROADS AWAY...ESPECIALLY

SECONDARY ROADS AND IN AREAS WITH STEEP TERRAIN. BRIDGE APPROACHES

MAY ALSO BE DAMAGED SO USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING THROUGH THE

WARNED AREA.



LAT...LON 4251 9064 4254 9064 4256 9068 4264 9071

      4268 9093 4282 9109 4287 9109 4292 9114

      4299 9115 4299 9107 4306 9095 4308 9083

      4317 9069 4321 9055 4320 9043 4251 9042

TIME...MOT...LOC 0226Z 180DEG 0KT 4265 9056



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