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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

855 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...



AT 851 AM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER OVER SECONDARY

ROADS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY BETWEEN LUBLIN AND 

STETSONVILLE. ROADS WERE REPORTED UNDER WATER AND CLOSED ACROSS MUCH

OF NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY. THIS INCLUDED HIGHWAY 29 BETWEEN ABBOTSFORD

AND OWEN/WITHEE...HIGHWAY 98 IN THE LOYAL AREA...AND COUNTY ROADS P 

AND K NORTH OF LOYAL.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WILL CONTINUE TO

MOVE EAST ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 10 AM. IT IS QUITE LIKELY

THAT A FLOOD WARNING WILL HAVE TO BE CONTINUED FOR THE AFFECTED AREAS

INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS.



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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