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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

316 AM CDT MON JUN 3 2002



...HEAVY RAINS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST-

CENTRAL AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN...



FLOODING OF UNDER-PASSES AND LOW LYING INTERSECTIONS IN URBAN AREAS

AND SMALL STREAMS IS POSSIBLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS.



ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.



IN WISCONSIN...ALONG AND NORTH OF A VIROQUA TO MAUSTON LINE.



AT 315 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE

ADVISED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW RAINFALL RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES

PER HOUR FROM THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. THESE RAINFALL RATES

ARE CAPABLE OF OVERWHELMING CITY STORM DRAIN SYSTEMS AND CAUSING

STREET FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS. THESE RAINFALLS ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF

CAUSING SUDDEN RISES IN THE SMALLER STREAMS.



IF YOU MUST BE OUT TRAVELLING TONIGHT...BE ALERT FOR THE DANGERS

OF PONDED WATER ON ROADWAYS. DARKNESS...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN

DOWNPOURS CAN MAKE WATER OVER THE ROADWAYS VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE.



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