Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS La Crosse, WI

Issued

Sep 22, 2016, 2:20 AM CDT (07:20 UTC)

Expired

Sep 22, 2016, 8:15 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS La Crosse, WI

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Chickasaw County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

382 
WGUS53 KARX 220720
FFWARX
IAC037-065-067-221315-
/O.NEW.KARX.FF.W.0052.160922T0720Z-160922T1315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
220 AM CDT THU SEP 22 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN IOWA...
  CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN IOWA...
  NORTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...

* UNTIL 815 AM CDT THURSDAY

* AT 211 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO
  THE AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PRODUCING 2 TO 3 INCH PER
  HOUR RAINFALL RATES. 

* 3-5 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL BY 5 AM.

* SOILS ARE EXTREMELY SATURATED AND WATER WILL RUNOFF INTO RIVERS
  CREEKS AND STREAMS.  

* ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BE COVERED WITH WATER...POSSIBLY WASH OUT.
  BASEMENTS COULD ALSO FLOOD. 

* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE NEXT HOURS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  OELWEIN...NEW HAMPTON...WEST UNION...FAYETTE...FREDERICKSBURG...
  ELGIN...CLERMONT...MAYNARD...HAWKEYE...LAWLER...ARLINGTON...
  IONIA...PROTIVIN...WAUCOMA...JERICO...ALTA VISTA...WADENA...
  WESTGATE...ST. LUCAS AND NORTH WASHINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 4264 9208 4291 9208 4291 9232 4309 9252
      4321 9282 4321 9208 4308 9208 4308 9161
      4265 9161

$$

BAUMGARDT

698 
WGUS73 KARX 220959
FFSARX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
459 AM CDT THU SEP 22 2016

IAC037-065-067-221315-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160922T1315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FAYETTE IA-CHICKASAW IA-FLOYD IA-
459 AM CDT THU SEP 22 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR
FAYETTE...CHICKASAW AND NORTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTIES...

* DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER
  THIS PART OF NORTHEAST IOWA IN THE LAST 2 HOURS. 

* IN NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY...HIGHWAY 18 WEST OF HAWKEYE HAS WATER
  OVER THE ROAD AND THERE IS ALSO FLOODING IN HAWKEYE. CRANE CREEK
  AND THE LITTLE TURKEY IS RISING RAPIDLY AND APPROACHING FLOOD
  LEVELS. 

* IN CHICKASAW...RIVERS AND CREEKS ARE RAPIDLY RISING AS WELL.
  NASHUA HAS MANY FLOODED HOMES. 

* BE VERY CAREFUL DRIVING THIS MORNING AS CREEKS MAY BE RAGING OUT
  OF THEIR BANKS AND COULD SWEEP YOUR CAR AWAY IF YOU DRIVE INTO IT. 
  
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
OELWEIN...NEW HAMPTON...WEST UNION...FAYETTE...FREDERICKSBURG...
ELGIN...CLERMONT...MAYNARD...HAWKEYE...LAWLER...ARLINGTON...IONIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 4264 9208 4291 9208 4291 9232 4309 9252
      4321 9282 4321 9208 4308 9208 4308 9161
      4265 9161

$$

DAB

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