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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1228 PM 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 1212 PM CDT...THE CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT 

ABOTTSFORD AND THORP HAVE FLOODED STREETS. THE NORTH FORK OF THE EAU 

CLAIRE RIVER HAS WASHED AWAY ROADS IN THORP TOWNSHIP. IN ADDITION... 

ROGER CREEK HAS WASHED OUT WILLOW ROAD IN THORP TOWNSHIP.



AT 1224 PM CDT...THE TAYLOR COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT

THE STREETS WERE STILL FLOODED IN BOTH LUBLIN AND MEDFORD.



AT 1225 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

SHOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH ACROSS TAYLOR 

AND CLARK COUNTIES. SINCE 7 AM THIS MORNING...NWS DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS 

SOUTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY AND NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY. A SPOTTER IN LUBLIN 

IN TAYLOR COUNTY REPORTED 5.75 INCHES OF RAIN AT 1115 AM. 

MEANWHILE...FIVE INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED IN THORP IN CLARK 

COUNTY. 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 UP TO 

AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH 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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