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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

714 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...



THE COMBINATION OF SATURATED GROUND FROM RECENT SNOWMELT...HEAVY

RAIN OVER THE PAST WEEK...AND MORE RAIN EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT

36 HOURS HAS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. THIS

WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND

PARTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.



RAIN FROM DIMINISHING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD

INTO NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. THIS

INITIAL SHOT OF RAIN WILL BE RELATIVELY LIGHT...MAYBE AS MUCH AS A

QUARTER INCH. BUT CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR ADDITIONAL

THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP...ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT OR TOWARD

DAYBREAK ON WEDNESDAY. EVEN A BETTER SHOT AT THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS

FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.



REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS AND THE POTENTIAL

FOR HEAVY RAIN. ONE INCH OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME COULD

CERTAINLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED...STAY ON

HIGH GROUND AND NEVER DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS.



AGAIN...THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING...BUT

OVERNIGHT WE COULD SEE ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP.



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