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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

944 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AND 

INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:



IN WISCONSIN

    TAYLOR...VERNON...ADAMS...GRANT...LA CROSSE...RICHLAND...

    JACKSON...CRAWFORD...CLARK...BUFFALO...TREMPEALEAU...MONROE AND

    JUNEAU.



IN IOWA

    WINNESHIEK...CLAYTON...FAYETTE AND ALLAMAKEE.



IN MINNESOTA

    WINONA AND HOUSTON.





A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...SOUTH THROUGH IOWA 

WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHEAST.  THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MOVED THROUGH 

THURSDAY NIGHT AND THIS MORNING PRODUCED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL 

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS THE 

REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING PRODUCED AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAIN. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP ALONG THE 

FRONT OVERNIGHT AND MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG IT.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

WILL OCCUR SATURDAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES NORTHEAST ALONG THE 

FRONT.  



SINCE SOILS ARE ALREADY SATURATED...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM 

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN THE 

WATCH AREA OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY.  



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN FLOODING OF STREAMS... 

CREEKS...AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE WATCH 

AREA WHO RESIDE NEAR THESE WATER FLOWS ARE URGED TO CHECK 

PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS AND EMERGENCY ACTION PLANS. STAY TUNED TO 

YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND BE 

READY TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING BE OBSERVED OR A WARNING 

BE ISSUED.



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