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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1102 AM CDT SAT JUL 6 2002



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

1200 PM CDT...



AT 1059 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED   

TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY. 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS FOREST...SYLVAN...AKAN...AND RICHWOOD 

TOWNSHIPS IN WESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY SINCE 4 AM. THE RICHLAND COUNTY 

SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT MILL CREEK WAS OUT OF ITS BANK IN 

THE BOSSTOWN AREA.



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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