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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

358 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 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.



RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND MISSISSIPPI

RIVER VALLEY WILL MOVE INTO THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE

TONIGHT.  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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