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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

745 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TAYLOR AND NORTHERN

CLARK COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM...



THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DROP VERY HEAVY RAIN ON TAYLOR AND CLARK 

COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING.



THE CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED SECTIONS OF COUNTY ROAD 

K COMPLETELY WASHED OUT AND IMPASSABLE. OTHER ROADS THAT WERE UNDER 

WATER INCLUDED COUNTY ROAD N WEST OF COLBY...HIGHWAY 13 NEAR COLBY...

AND WEST OF CURTISS ON HIGHWAY 29. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 10 AM.



THE TAYLOR COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED WATER OVER COUNTY 

ROADS A AND T NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF LUBLIN.



ADDITIONAL ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE AS HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE AND 

FLOOD WATERS RISE.



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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