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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1122 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 ALLAMAKEE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTS ROAD CLOSURES IN AND 

NEAR LANSING IOWA ON HIGHWAYS 26 AND 9...INCLUDING THE GREAT RIVER 

ROAD. SOME MUDSLIDES ARE IMPASSABLE AT THIS POINT. MOST OF THE FLASH 

FLOODING CONCERNS ARE CENTERED IN THE LANSING AREA WITH VERY FEW 

PROBLEMS NOTED ELSEWHERE IN ALLAMAKEE COUNTY.



CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN HAS ALSO REPORTED MUDSLIDES 

AND ROAD CLOSURES NEAR DE SOTO AND FERRYVILLE AS REPORTED EARLIER.



WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...RUNOFF AND EXISTING 

FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE PROBLEMS. USE EXTREME CAUTION 

IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN EXTREME NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN 

OVERNIGHT. ROADS WILL LIKELY BE CLOSED WELL INTO SUNDAY MORNING.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1145 PM CDT.



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