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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

407 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEAST IOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT



* AT 404 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING OVER THE

  AREA.



* WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES ARE THAT 1.5 INCHES

  OF RAINFALL FELL DURING THE PAST 1 HOUR. IN ADDITION...DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATES A TOTAL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE LAST NIGHT OVER 

  NORTHEAST IOWA COUNTY NEAR ARENA. THIS RAIN...AND THE ADDITIONAL 

  EXPECTED...WILL CAUSE LOCAL STREAMS AND RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND 

  OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY

FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. 



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.



LAT...LON 4319 8985 4298 8985 4299 9005 4316 9016



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