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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

411 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2001



...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN WISCONSIN...CRAWFORD...RICHLAND AND GRANT.



IN IOWA...CLAYTON.



SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH INCLUDE...ELKADER...PLATTEVILLE...

LANCASTER...RICHLAND CENTER AND PRAIRIE DU CHIEN.



A STRONG STORM SYSTEM...CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS...

WILL CONTINUE TO GATHER STRENGTH OVER CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY...AND

THEN MOVE THROUGH THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT. STRONG 

SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING WARM AND MOIST AIR 

NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. 



THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN THIS MORNING...AND

THEN THE AREA WILL SEE LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE THIS AFTERNOON. 

AS THE LOW MOVES THROUGH THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT...

RAIN AND OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEEN ACROSS AREA. 

THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT.



THIS RAIN WILL BE FALLING ONTO SNOW COVERED AND FROZEN GROUND. 

THE RAIN ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE MIDDLE 30S

SHOULD CAUSE SOME MELTING OF THE SNOWPACK. WITH A FROZEN GROUND...

MOST OF THE MELTWATER WILL RUN OFF INTO AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS...

WHICH ALSO REMAIN FROZEN. AS A RESULT...ICE JAMS AND ICE DAMMING 

WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE RIVERS AND CREEKS. THIS COULD LEAD TO 

FLOODING PROBLEMS TODAY AND TONIGHT.



PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS 

OF FLOOD PRONE AREAS...AND BE READY TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND SHOULD 

FLOODING BE OBSERVED OR SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.



STAY TUNED NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIAL FLOODING SITUATION.

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