BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
141 AM CDT WED JUN 23 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
HOWARD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
WINNESHIEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT

* AT 140 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…CRESCO…DECORAH…NEW HAMPTON…OELWEIN…WEST UNION…CALMAR…CLERMONT…ELMA…FAIRBANK…FAYETTE…
FREDERICKSBURG…HAWKEYE…IONIA…LAWLER…LIME SPRINGS…NASHUA…OSSIAN…PROTIVIN…RICEVILLE…SPILLVILLE AND WAUCOMA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FLASH FLOOD 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.