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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1037 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALLAMAKEE COUNTY UNTIL

MIDNIGHT CDT...



AT 1037 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCMENT REPORTED MANY ROADS WERE WASHED OUT 

OR COVERED WITH FALLEN TREES EAST OF WAUKON. VILLAGE CREEK...EAST OF 

WAUKON...IS REPORTING FLOODING AS WELL...AS IS LYNDALE.  A SCHOOL 

NETWORK GAUGE AT WAUKON JUNIOR HIGH REPORTED 3.98 INCHES OF RAIN 

THIS EVENING.  



THIS HEAVY RAIN IS CAUSING FLOODING. ROADS ARE UNDER WATER ACROSS 

MUCH OF THE AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS 

OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD 

TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. IF YOUR 

VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



CONIDTIONS WILL IMPROVE SLOWLY OVERNIGHT.



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BAUMGARDT



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