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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1021 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALLAMAKEE COUNTY IN

NORTHEAST IOWA...AND CRAWFORD AND VERNON COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST

WISCONSIN UNTIL 1145 PM...



A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS EVENING ACROSS 

NORTHEAST ALLAMAKEE IOWA IN EXTREME NORTHEAST IOWA...AS WELL AS FAR 

SOUTHWEST VERNON COUNTY AND NORTHWEST CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST 

WISCONSIN. THIS AREA IS BETWEEN LA CROSSE AND PRAIRIE DU CHIEN 

WISCONSIN.



AREAS THAT ARE IMPACTED INCLUDE LANSING IOWA...DE SOTO AND 

FERRYVILLE WISCONSIN.



THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES IN 

THE STEEPER TERRAIN CLOSE TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. SEVERAL ROADS 

ARE CLOSED.



IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANNED IN THIS AREA TONIGHT...USE EXTREME 

CAUTION. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGH GROUND NOW.



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