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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 AM CDT

* AT 254 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TRAINING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES 3 TO AS MUCH AS 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST 3 HOURS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…ELKADER…GUTTENBERG…LANCASTER…OELWEIN…
PLATTEVILLE…ARLINGTON…CASSVILLE…CUBA CITY…DICKEYVILLE…FAIRBANK…FAYETTE…GARNAVILLO…HAZEL GREEN…MAYNARD…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.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.

MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES…DIPS…OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM… EVEN A SMALL ONE…ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.

TO REPORT FLOODING…HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LA CROSSE.