BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1002 PM CDT FRI OCT 4 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA…
HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA…
NORTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHERN WINNESHIEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN ALLAMAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
WINONA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA…

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 1000 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
SPOTTERS REPORTED 3.48 INCHES IN PRESTON MINNESOTA. DOPPLER RADAR
INIDICATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN LIME SPRINGS
IOWA AND WINONA.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
CALEDONIA…LA CRESCENT…PRESTON…WINONA…BROWNSVILLE…
CANTON…DAKOTA…FOUNTAIN…GOODVIEW…HARMONY…HOKAH…
HOUSTON…LANESBORO…LEWISTON…MABEL…RUSHFORD…SPRING GROVE
AND STOCKTON.

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.

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LAT…LON 4350 9245 4352 9245 4413 9174 4403 9158
4401 9145 4383 9127 4377 9125 4366 9127
4361 9127 4359 9124 4353 9125 4335 9209
4349 9211 4350 9248

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BOYNE