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WGUS73 KARX 110407

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WIC043-110600-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1108 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GRANT COUNTY UNTIL 100

AM CDT...



AT 1025 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A MUDSLIDE OVER 

HIGHWAY C...2.5 MILES EAST OF HIGHWAY 18.  OTHER MUDSLIDES WERE 

REPORTED AS WELL...INCLUDING ONE OVER HIGHWAY P 2 MILES EAST OF 

BAGLEY.  SOME LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED DURING THE 

HEAVIEST RAINS. 



AT 1108 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT MOST OF 

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

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

SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS ALONG CREEKS AND RIVERS.  



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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