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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

349 AM CDT WED APR 11 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR

TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...



DODGE...FILLMORE...HOUSTON...OLMSTED...MOWER...WABASHA...AND WINONA.



IN NORTHEAST IOWA...



ALLAMAKEE...CHICKASAW...CLAYTON...FAYETTE...FLOYD...HOWARD...

MITCHELL...AND WINNESHIEK.



IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...



ADAMS...BUFFALO...CRAWFORD...GRANT...JACKSON...JUNEAU...

LA CROSSE...MONROE...RICHLAND...TREMPEALEAU...AND VERNON.



IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...



CLARK AND TAYLOR



A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO EARLY

THIS MORNING. THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK TAKES IT TO NEAR OMAHA 

NEBRASKA BY THIS EVENING...THEN TO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN BY THURSDAY 

MORNING. A VERY MOIST AIRMASS IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE AHEAD OF THIS 

STORM SYSTEM. AS THE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST TODAY AND TONIGHT...STRONG 

LIFTING OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA. WIDESPREAD 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...ARE 

EXPECTED AS THE LIFTING INTERACTS WITH THE VERY MOIST AIRMASS. THE 

GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED...AND MOST RIVERS ARE ALREADY RUNNING HIGH 

FROM RECENT RAINS AND SNOWMELT. AS A RESULT...LOW LYING AREAS MAY 

FLOOD VERY RAPIDLY. IN ADDITION...THIS RAINFALL WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE 

THE RIVER FLOODING ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE AREA.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS AND

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE

WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR

IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH

FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED.



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