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Flash Flood Warning
IAC089-131-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.

&&

LAT...LON 4406 9232 4338 9242 4330 9272 4398 9279

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Flash Flood Watch
IAZ008-MNZ079-086-087-094-095-200430-
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MITCHELL-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
317 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...
MITCHELL. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...DODGE...FILLMORE...MOWER...
OLMSTED AND WABASHA.

* THROUGH MONDAY EVENING

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL
ON ALREADY SATURATED SOILS. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN BY MONDAY
EVENING IS POSSIBLE.

* BASEMENT FLOODING...RAPID RISES ON CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND ROAD
CLOSURES ARE ALL POSSIBLE FROM HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH
FLOODING...SHOULD IT OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

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Special Weather Statement
IAZ009>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 Watch
IAC005-037-043-065-067-089-131-191-MNC045-055-099-109-157-169-
WIC011-200800-
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/O.NEW.KARX.TO.A.0187.130520T0120Z-130520T0800Z/

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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