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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

107 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



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



IN IOWA...CLAYTON.



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

LANCASTER...RICHLAND CENTER AND PRAIRIE DU CHIEN.



A STRONG STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO GATHER STRENGTH OVER THE PLAINS.

THIS STORM WILL HEAD TOWARD THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY THIS

EVENING AND TONIGHT.  MOISTURE LADEN AIR WILL CONTINUE TO BE FORCED

TOWARD THE NORTH BY THIS SYSTEM.  THUS RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS

WILL OVERSPREAD THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST INTO THE

NIGHT.



THE RAIN...WHICH MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BE FALLING ONTO SNOW

COVERED AND FROZEN GROUND.  THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH TEMPERATURES IN

THE UPPER 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.  THESE CONDITIONS MAY LEAD

TO FLOODING PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT THE WATCH AREA.



PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD 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 TO YOUR FAVORITE

MEDIA SOURCE FOR WEATHER INFORMATION AND FOR THE LATEST ON THIS

FLOODING SITUATION.



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