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IAC037-067-220900-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1259 AM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA

  CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT



* AT 1259 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 4 MILES WEST OF COUNTY

  ROADS B 33 AND T 76...OR ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF CHARLES CITY.

  ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS

  FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS

  PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. LAW

  ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT A BRIDGE WASHED OUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF

  FREDERICKSBURG IN CHICKASAW COUNTY. ALSO SEVERAL SECONDARY GRAVEL

  ROADS WERE WASHED AS WELL.  THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS

  FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR FLOYD AND CHICKASAW COUNTIES. 



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...CHARLES CITY...

  FLOYD...FREDERICKSBURG...IONIA...LAWLER...MARBLE ROCK AND NEW

  HAMPTON.



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.



LAT...LON 4320 9300 4294 9299 4296 9213 4320 9210



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