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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

632 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 625 PM...A CLUSTER OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAS PRODUCED A

  QUICK TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...ALONG

  THE WINONA AND HOUSTON COUNTY LINE. MUCH OF THIS RAINFALL RUNOFF

  WILL FALL IN THE PINE CREEK BASIN THAT FLOWS ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST

  HOUSTON COUNTY AND COMES INTO THE SOUTH SIDE OF LA CRESCENT 

  MINNESOTA.



RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ALONG AND NEAR PINE CREEK SHOULD BE ON ALERT

FOR RAPID RISES IN WATER LEVELS THIS EVENING. MUDSLIDES ARE 

POSSIBLE. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN WILL ENHANCE THE FLOOD

THREAT. PERSONS IN VALLEYS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND OR MONITOR

WATER LEVELS CLOSELY. ROCK AND MUD-SLIDES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. AREA

ROADS MAY BE DAMAGED BY THIS FLOODING SO USE EXTREME CAUTION.



LAT...LON 4385 9150 4385 9129 4382 9127 4377 9125

      4378 9150



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