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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1026 AM CDT WED AUG 1 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED AN



* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...

  SOUTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

  NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN



* UNTIL 100 PM CDT



* AT 1014 AM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS AND

  THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN TAYLOR AND NORTHERN CLARK

  COUNTIES. SINCE 7 AM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 

  2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THIS AREA. THE SHOWERS  

  AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH 

  1 PM WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE. 



* SOME LOCATIONS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  THORP...

  OWEN...

  MEDFORD...

  DORCHESTER...

  COLBY...

  LUBLIN...



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. ONLY 2 FEET OF WATER WILL

CAUSE MOST CARS TO FLOAT. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE STREET FLOODING IN URBAN

AREAS. STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. DO NOT ALLOW

CHILDREN TO PLAY IN FLOODED DITCHES OR CULVERTS.



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