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WGUS53 KARX 110206

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IAC043-110500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

905 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 905 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING

  ACROSS PARTS OF CLAYTON COUNTY.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR

  INDICATES THAT FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN...

  AND ADDITIONAL RAINS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 10 OR 11 PM.  



* SOME LOCATIONS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  ELKADER...

  FARMERSBURG...

  GARNAVILLO...

  GUTTENBERG...

  STRAWBERRY POINT...

  VOLGA...



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

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO 

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUD-SLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. PERSONS IN THE WARNED 

AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY TO AVOID THESE HAZARDS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS. 



LAT...LON 4299 9117 4264 9105 4265 9161 4303 9161



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