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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1100 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST

MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA FOR THIS AFTERNOON. THE FOLLOWING

COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED.



IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...

DODGE      FILLMORE      WABASHA      MOWER       OLMSTED



IN NORTHEAST IOWA...

MITCHELL       HOWARD      FLOYD      CHICKASAW



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN AND

CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

ARE INCLUDED.



IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

BUFFALO     TREMPEALEAU     JACKSON     CLARK       TAYLOR



SOILS ARE SATURATED ACROSS THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA FROM RAINS

OVER THE PAST 2 TO 3 DAYS. RAINFALL FROM LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING

RANGED FROM ONE-THIRD TO ONE AND ON-THIRD INCH ACROSS THE WATCH

AREA.



MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND

TONIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1

TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE MORE RUNOFF

PROBLEMS INTO CREEKS AND STREAMS ALREADY RUNNING HIGH FROM THE

PREVIOUS RAINS.



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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