BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
127 AM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 AM CDT

* AT 125 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS FLOYD AND CHICKASAW COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN SINCE 11 PM…WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES LIKELY BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS OVERNIGHT.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…CHARLES CITY…NEW HAMPTON…FLOYD…FREDERICKSBURG…IONIA…JERICO…LAWLER…
MARBLE ROCK…NASHUA…NORA SPRINGS…ROCKFORD AND RUDD.

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.