« View county listFlash Flood WarningIAC089-131-MNC039-045-099-109-200330-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
444 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN MOWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...
NORTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...
SOUTHEASTERN DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN OLMSTED COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
WESTERN FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
* AT 442 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. ESTIMATES SHOW BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5 INCHES HAS FALLEN
OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ROCHESTER...ADAMS...GRAND MEADOW...LE ROY...RICEVILLE...SPRING
VALLEY AND STEWARTVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
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LAT...LON 4406 9232 4338 9242 4330 9272 4398 9279
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Flash Flood WarningIAC067-089-131-MNC039-099-109-200500-
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MITCHELL IA-HOWARD IA-FLOYD IA-DODGE MN-MOWER MN-OLMSTED MN-
1002 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN OLMSTED...
MOWER...SOUTHERN DODGE...NORTHERN FLOYD...NORTHWESTERN HOWARD AND
MITCHELL COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...
AT 957 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONTINUED TO REPORT WIDESPREAD
FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN MITCHELL AND MOWER COUNTIES. ANYWHERE
BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN...THE HEAVIEST BEING IN
CENTRAL MITCHELL...NORTHEAST MITCHELL...AND SOUTHEAST MOWER COUNTY.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE FLASH FLOODING.
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.
THERE ARE WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF FLOODING ACROSS ALL OF MITCHELL
COUNTY...AND THE SOUTHERN PART OF MOWER COUNTY. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE
CLOSED...IMPASSABLE...AND ARE BARRICADED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL
TONIGHT UNLESS YOU HAVE TO. STAY HOME...STAY SAFE. HIGHWAY 218
BETWEEN OSAGE AND ST ANSGAR IS CLOSED.
ALTHOUGH THE BULK OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED EAST...THE
IMPACTS OF THE FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY LINGER THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT. NOW THAT IT IS DARK...IT IS MUCH HARDER TO SEE FLOODED
ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.
SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT RAPID RISES ON AREAS AND RIVERS.
SOME LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE..THE BURR OAK CREEK...CEDAR
RIVER...SPRING CREEK...SUGAR CREEK...AND ROCK CREEK...ROSE
CREEK...OTTER CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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LAT...LON 4396 9304 4390 9244 4351 9245 4321 9256
4308 9255 4304 9257 4300 9303
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Special Weather StatementIAZ009>011-019-029-030-MNZ088-095-096-WIZ033-034-041-042-053>055-061-
200400-
ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-FAYETTE-FILLMORE-GRANT-HOUSTON-
HOWARD-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-RICHLAND-TREMPEALEAU-VERNON-
WINNESHIEK-WINONA-
848 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
...THUNDERSTORMS ON THE INCREASE AND POSSIBLY SEVERE...
THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY INCREASING IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE AREA
THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR STRONG AND SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING...UNTIL A LINE OF
STORMS COMES THROUGH TO END THE THREAT. THE THUNDERSTORM LINE WAS
LOCATED FROM ROCHESTER MINNESOTA...SOUTH TO NEAR CHARLES CITY IOWA...
AT 845 PM. THIS LINE WILL MOVE INTO WISCONSIN IN THE LATE EVENING.
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...BUT SOME LARGE HAIL OR AN
ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO
POSSIBLE...BUT FLASH FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MONDAY FOR THE ENTIRE
AREA.
PREPARE NOW FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER. MOVE INDOORS AND IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED...TAKE ACTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
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Tornado WatchIAC005-037-043-065-067-089-131-191-MNC045-055-099-109-157-169-
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 187 UNTIL
3 AM CDT MONDAY WHICH REPLACES A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH 180.
THE NEW WATCH IS VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN IOWA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA
FLOYD MITCHELL
IN NORTHEAST IOWA
ALLAMAKEE CHICKASAW CLAYTON
FAYETTE HOWARD WINNESHIEK
IN MINNESOTA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES
IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
FILLMORE HOUSTON MOWER
OLMSTED WABASHA WINONA
IN WISCONSIN THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
BUFFALO
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...AUSTIN...CALEDONIA...CHARLES CITY...
CRESCO...DECORAH...ELKADER...NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...OSAGE...
ROCHESTER...RUSHFORD...WABASHA...WAUKON AND WINONA.
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