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WGUS53 KARX 052139

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IAC065-060130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

439 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 439 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST

  QUARTER OF FAYETTE COUNTY. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN

  WERE LOCATED JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF SANLEY...NEAR THE JUNCTION

  OF COUNTY ROADS 3 AND W 45...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF OELWEIN. 

  THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT

  BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE ALREADY FALLEN.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...AREAS BETWEEN

  STANLEY AND ARLINGTON...HIGHWAYS 3 AND 187...COUNTY ROAD W 33

  AND 187 AND COUNTY ROAD W 45 AND 187.   SOME OF THE CREEKS THAT

  MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE THE EAST BRANCH OF BUFFALO CREEK...AND

  THE SOUTH FORK OF THE MAQUOKETA RIVER. 



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. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FORGE 

FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE 

STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER

CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND

PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4264 9188 4265 9161 4286 9161 4282 9181



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WGUS53 KARX 052139

FFWARX

IAC065-060130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

CROSSE HAS IWARND A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA



* UNTIL 830 PM CST

  QUARTER OF FAYETTE COUNTY. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN

  WERE LOCATED JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF SANLEY...NEAR THE JUNCTION

  OF COUNTY ROADS 3 AND W 45...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF OELWEIN. 

  THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT

  BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE ALREADY FALLEN.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...AREAS BETWEEN

  STANLEY AND ARLINGTON...HIGHWAYS 3 AND 187...COUNTY ROAD W 33

  AND 187 AND COUNTY ROAD W 45 AND 187.   SOME OF THE CREEKS THAT

  MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE THE EAST BRANCH OF BUFFALO CREEK...AND

  THE SOUTH FORK OF THE MAQUOKETA RIVER. 



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. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FORGE 

FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE 

STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER

CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND

PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4264 9188 4265 9161 4286 9161 4282 9181



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