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WGUS53 KARX 150758

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MNC045-151100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

258 AM CDT WED SEP 15 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 254 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE

  WARNED AREA. AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL ESTIMATED THAT 

  NEARLY 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. SOME 

  STREET FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN SPRING VALLEY AND SPRING VALLEY 

  CREEK WAS NEARLY OUT OF ITS BANKS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 

  1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MORNING. 



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...CANTON...FOUNTAIN...

  HARMONY...LANESBORO...MABEL...PRESTON AND RUSHFORD.



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. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DO NOT

DROWN.



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 4352 9243 4351 9176 4384 9175 4383 9242



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