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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE, WI

400 AM CST FRI FEB 9 2001



THE FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR GRANT COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED

TO EXPIRE.



A STRONG WINTER STORM CONTINUED TO PUSH ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS 

MORNING. TEMPERATURES WERE COOLING...WITH THE RAIN STARTING TO CHANGE 

OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. THE CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IS EXPECTED 

AROUND DAYBREAK. WITH THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO FREEZING OR 

FROZEN TYPES...THE THREAT OF FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED AND THE FLOOD 

WATCH FOR GRANT COUNTY HAS BEEN BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  



AS OF 345 AM...RAINS FROM LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS 

MORNING HAVE PRODUCED LITTLE IN THE WAY OF RISES ON RIVERS AND 

STREAMS IN GRANT COUNTY. THOUGH NO FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED... 

THOSE LIVING NEAR A RIVER OR STREAM SHOULD STILL KEEP AN EYE ON THE 

WATER LEVELS THIS MORNING AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ICE JAMMING.



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