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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
850 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  PEPIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 847 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY
  WITH THESE STORMS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CHIPPEWA FALLS...DURAND...EAU CLAIRE...ELLSWORTH...MENOMONIE...NEW
  RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...ALTOONA...ARKANSAW...BALDWIN...BATEMAN...
  BAY CITY...BELDENVILLE...BLOOMER...BOYCEVILLE...BOYD...BRACKETT...
  BURKHARDT...CADOTT...CARYVILLE...COLFAX...CONNORSVILLE...CORNELL...
  CYLON...DEER PARK...EAGLETON...EAU GALLE...ELK MOUND...ELLA AND
  ELMWOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4460 9093 4460 9202 4441 9209 4451 9230
      4456 9233 4455 9240 4474 9278 4520 9274
      4520 9157 4529 9154 4529 9092

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