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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

355 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR

NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN FOR

TONIGHT. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED.



IN NORTHEAST IOWA...

MITCHELL        HOWARD        WINNESHIEK      ALLAMAKEE

FLOYD           CHICKASAW     FAYETTE         CLAYTON



IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...

DODGE           WABASHA       FILLMORE        HOUSTON

MOWER           OLMSTED       WINONA



IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...



BUFFALO         LA CROSSE     RICHLAND

TREMPEALEAU     MONROE        CRAWFORD

JACKSON         VERNON        GRANT



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE WATCH AREA

TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE

POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE ALREADY VERY HIGH OR

FLOODED...WITH MANY DIKES AND LEVIES AT OR NEAR CAPACITY. ANY

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE ON-GOING FLOODING.



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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THOMPSON

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