BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
855 PM CDT WED JUL 7 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN…
EAST CENTRAL CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY

* AT 853 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…GUTTENBERG…LANCASTER…PLATTEVILLE…BLOOMINGTON…CASSVILLE AND FENNIMORE.

SOME CREEKS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE QUICK RISES ARE THE RATTLESNAKE CREEK…MUSKELLUNGE CREEK AND MUDDY CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.