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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

817 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2001



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

GRANT COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM CDT...



AT 813 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF 

GRANT COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MAINLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 61 AND WERE 

STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN BY 845 PM. THIS 

COULD PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND URBAN 

AREAS.



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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