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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
253 AM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...
  GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT

* AT 252 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
  HAS FALLEN SO FAR WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER
  THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ELKADER...GUTTENBERG...LANCASTER...PLATTEVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...
  CASSVILLE...DICKEYVILLE...EDGEWOOD...FARMERSBURG...FENNIMORE...
  GARNAVILLO...MCGREGOR...STRAWBERRY POINT AND VOLGA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.

&&

LAT...LON 4267 9089 4264 9090 4264 9161 4301 9160
      4303 9117 4299 9115 4299 9106 4304 9096
      4305 9042 4262 9042 4262 9071

$$

HALBACH