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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

929 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA



* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT



* AT 926 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      

  WARNED AREA. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT DITCHES BEGINNING TO FILL AND  

  RAPID RUNOFF. ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE   

  EASTERN HALF OF CHICKASAW COUNTY THROUGH 11 PM. THIS MAY LEAD TO   

  FLASH FLOODING.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...NEW

  HAMPTON...FREDERICKSBURG...JERICO AND LAWLER.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR

OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING 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

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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.



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LAT...LON 4292 9242 4321 9245 4321 9209 4301 9208

      4300 9209 4292 9209



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