BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
442 PM CDT THU JUL 22 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN…
SOUTHERN ALLAMAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN…
SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN…
SOUTHERN WINNESHIEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 439 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
RAINFALL RATES OF 1/2 INCH IN A HALF HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE AREA THIS
MORNING…ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…ELKADER…GUTTENBERG…LANCASTER…OELWEIN…PLATTEVILLE…PRAIRIE DU CHIEN…RICHLAND CENTER…WEST UNION…BLOOMINGTON…BOSCOBEL…CASSVILLE…DICKEYVILLE…FAYETTE…FENNIMORE…HARPERS FERRY…HAZEL GREEN…MARQUETTE…MCGREGOR AND MONONA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…URBAN AREAS…HIGHWAYS…STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.