BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1108 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2010

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 200 AM CDT

* AT 1106 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THESE STORMS ARE CAPAABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…ELKADER…GUTTENBERG…LANCASTER…
PLATTEVILLE…BLOOMINGTON…CASSVILLE…CUBA CITY…DICKEYVILLE…FARMERSBURG…GARNAVILLO…HAZEL GREEN…STRAWBERRY POINT AND VOLGA.

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.