BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
244 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN IOWA…
HOWARD COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN IOWA…
FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 645 AM CDT

* AT 243 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
CHARLES CITY…CRESCO…NEW HAMPTON…NASHUA…NORA SPRINGS…
FREDERICKSBURG…ROCKFORD…RICEVILLE…ELMA…LIME SPRINGS…
LAWLER…RUDD…FLOYD…MARBLE ROCK…IONIA…PROTIVIN…JERICO…
CHICKASAW…ALTA VISTA AND CHESTER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TURN AROUND…DON’T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

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LAT…LON 4321 9302 4321 9255 4350 9255 4350 9208
4291 9208 4291 9303

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