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WGUS53 KARX 110308

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WIC043-110600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1009 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN



* UNTIL 100 AM CDT



* AT 1009 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING

  ALONG HIGHWAY 133...4 MILES WEST OF MUSCODA. A MUDSLIDE WAS ALSO

  REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY P...2 MILES EAST OF BAGLEY.  NATIONAL 

  WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN

  HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY...AND ADDITIONAL

  RAINS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 11 PM OR MIDNIGHT.



* SOME LOCATIONS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  BLOOMINGTON...

  FENNIMORE...

  LANCASTER...



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 4321 9048 4282 9044 4271 9102 4297 9115



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