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Flash Flood Warning
Issued by NWS La Crosse, WI

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WGUS53 KARX 192255
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
555 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...
  MOWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
  NORTHERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...
  SOUTHERN DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHWESTERN OLMSTED COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
  WESTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY

* AT 553 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SLOW
  MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED
  AREA. MITCHELL COUNTY EM REPORTS NUMEROUS ROADS ARE UNDER WATER IN
  AND AROUND THE NORA SPRINGS AREA.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  AUSTIN...CHARLES CITY...OSAGE...ADAMS...BROWNSDALE...FLOYD...GRAND
  MEADOW...HAYFIELD...LE ROY...LYLE...NORA SPRINGS...RICEVILLE...
  ROCKFORD...ROSE CREEK...RUDD...ST. ANSGAR...STACYVILLE AND
  STEWARTVILLE.

MOST OF MITCHELL COUNTY HAS RECEIVED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY...THIS WILL
CREATE VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS. THIS WILL
REPLACE THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AGAIN...FLOODING OF STREETS HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS MITCHELL
COUNTY. MORE STORMS WILL MOVE IN ACROSS THE ENTIRE WARNED AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 4396 9304 4390 9244 4351 9245 4321 9256
      4308 9255 4304 9257 4300 9303

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