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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1038 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 2004



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

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

WISCONSIN UNTIL 1145 PM...



THE CRAWFORD COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS FLASH FLOODING NEAR HIGHWAY 35 

AND 82...NEAR THE BRIDGE THAT CROSSES THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO 

LANSING IOWA. COUNTY ROADS D...C...B...AND E ALL HAVE HIGH WATER 

OVER THEM IN NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY.



FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN THIS AREA THROUGH 1145 PM.



AREAS THAT ARE IMPACTED INCLUDE LANSING IN NORTHEAST IOWA...AND

DE SOTO...LYNXVILLE AND FERRYVILLE IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.



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

CAUTION. AVOID HIGHWAY 35 ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN

LA CROSSE AND PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...AND SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 26 IN 

EXTREME NORTHEAST IOWA. FLASH FLOODING IS HARD TO SPOT AT NIGHT.



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