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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1144 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VERNON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN

  RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN



* UNTIL 245 AM CDT



* AT 1139 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED

  AREA. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN

  HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE VERY

  HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LAW ENFORCEMENT

  OFFICIALS REPORT NUMEROUS ROADS UNDER WATER OVER THE WARNED AREA

  WITH SOME MUDSLIDES AS WELL. RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA

  WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE BY 245 AM. THIS

  WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR

  VERNON...RICHLAND AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...COON VALLEY...LA

  FARGE...RICHLAND CENTER...VIROQUA...WESTBY...HIGHWAY 82 AND COUNTY

  D AND HIGHWAY 82 AND COUNTY A.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS

FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR VERNON...RICHLAND AND CRAWFORD

COUNTIES.



LAT...LON 4371 9115 4309 9108 4327 9027 4368 9040



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