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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

910 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002



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

1100 AM CDT...



AT 908 AM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ROADS UNDER WATER 

ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST PART OF ADAMS COUNTY. HIGHWAY 73 BETWEEN

HIGHWAY 13 AND I-39 WAS REPORTED UNDER WATER AND CLOSED. WATER WAS

REPORTED OVER THE COUNTY ROADS EAST OF ROME...BIG FLATS AND 

FRIENDSHIP. ROAD WASHOUTS WERE ALSO REPORTED EAST OF BIG FLATS.



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

MOVE EAST ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 11 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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