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WGUS73 KARX 110358

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IAC043-110445-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1058 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003



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

MIDNIGHT CDT...



AT 1045 PM...SPOTTERS REPORTED WATER TO BE OVER ROADS WEST OF 

EDGEWOOD IN SOUTHERN CLAYTON COUNTY.  LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ALSO 

REPORTED WATER OVER JASMINE ROAD...NORTH OF GARBER.  



AT 1058 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT MOST OF 

THE RAIN HAD MOVED EAST AND NORTH OF CLAYTON COUNTY...BUT RUNOFF 

FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE PONDING OF WATER... 

AND SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS ALONG CREEKS AND RIVERS.  THE VOLGA RIVER 

AND ITS TRIBUTARIES IN SOUTHERN CLAYTON COUNTY WERE RISING 

RAPIDLY...WITH WATER LEVELS UP 4 TO 5 FEET IN THE LITTLEPORT AREA.



IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE 

FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER 

BEGINS RISING.  MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE 

YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF 

RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY 

VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS 

HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. 



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