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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

342 AM CDT WED SEP 15 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WINONA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 341 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE 

  WARNED AREA. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 3 INCHES 

  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

  THE WINONA COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED MUDSLIDES ACROSS 

  HIGHWAY 61 IN THE MINNESOTA CITY AREA.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ALTURA...LEWISTON...

  STOCKTON...MINNESOTA CITY...GOODVIEW AND WINONA.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND

STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. 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.



LAT...LON 4387 9205 4386 9166 4388 9135 4419 9205



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