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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

453 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT



* AT 450 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE   

  WARNED AREA. RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATE OF 2 TO 3 

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NORTH OF DONALD AND BETWEEN JUMP RIVER 

  AND SHELDON...WITH CONTINUED RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER 

  HOUR.

 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  RIVER.



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.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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.



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.



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LAT...LON 4538 9067 4532 9067 4525 9069 4523 9093

      4527 9094 4538 9093 4538 9092



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