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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1130 AM CDT WED AUG 1 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 

1 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY AND NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN 

CENTRAL WISCONSIN...



AT 1101 AM CDT...THE TAYLOR COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED SOME

FLOODED STREETS IN BOTH LUBLIN AND MEDFORD.



AT 1107 AM CDT...THE CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED 

FLOODED STREETS IN THORP.



AT 1117 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

SHOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH ACROSS SOUTHERN 

TAYLOR AND NORTHERN CLARK COUNTIES. SINCE 7 AM THIS MORNING...NWS 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS THIS AREA. A SPOTTER IN LUBLIN REPORTED 5.75 INCHES OF RAIN. 

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED AS FAR WEST AS THE 

TWIN CITIES AND THEY WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA BETWEEN NOW AND 1 

PM. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN.



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.



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.



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