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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

350 AM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WABASHA AND OLMSTED

COUNTIES UNTIL 630 AM CDT...



AT 320 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED CULVERTS PLUGGED 

WITH DEBRIS...WHICH WAS CAUSING FLOODING ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF 

THE CITY OF ROCHESTER.



AT 350 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA...ALTHOUGH RAINFALL 

INTENSITY WAS DECREASING. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HIGHEST RAINFALL 

TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 52 AND 63...FROM JUST NORTH OF 

ROCHESTER TOWARD ORONOCO...AND ZUMBRO FALLS.



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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