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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

758 AM CDT WED SEP 15 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

  WINONA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

  FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

  MOWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT



* AT 754 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR WABASHA

  TO NEAR PRESTON IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. RAINFALL OVERNIGHT

  HAS BEEN OVER 5 INCHES IN MANY AREAS WITH WIDESPREAD ROAD

  CLOSURES AND MUD SLIDES. THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS

  FLASH FLOOD WARNING.



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

  CLAREMONT...DODGE CENTER...FOUNTAIN...GOODVIEW AND GRAND MEADOW.



FLOODING WILL BE SLOW TO IMPROVE THIS MORNING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO 

HIGH WATER. OBEY ROAD CLOSURES AND FIND AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE. MORE 

PEOPLE ARE KILLED BY FLOODING THAN MOST OTHER THUNDERSTORM THREATS.



AGAIN...EVEN WITHOUT THE HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING...ON GOING FLOOD

PROBLEMS WILL LINGER THIS MORNING. EXPECT IMPROVEMENT BUT ALLOW SOME 

TIME.



LAT...LON 4385 9155 4384 9174 4353 9177 4352 9304

      4385 9275 4385 9305 4419 9304 4419 9268

      4382 9269 4384 9210 4419 9207 4419 9185

      4405 9162 4400 9146



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