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WGUS73 KARX 100424 RRA

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MNC157-WIC011-121-100615-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1123 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WABASHA COUNTY IN 

SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND BUFFALO AND TREMPEALEAU COUNTIES IN 

WESTERN WISCONSIN UNTIL 115 AM...



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES OVER THESE COUNTIES. AT 1118 PM DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL RATE ALONG HIGHWAY 35 IN WISCONSIN 

NEAR THE BUFFALO AND COCHRANE AREAS. WITH THE STEEPER TERRAIN ALONG 

THE RIVER NEAR THOSE LOCATIONS IN BUFFALO COUNTY...DRIVERS SHOULD BE 

AWARE OF THE THREAT OF MUDSLIDES. THE THREAT WOULD EXTENDED FROM 

ALMA TO FOUNTAIN CITY THROUGH 115 AM. 



STREET FLOODING IS ALSO REPORTED IN ARCADIA AT 1120 PM. 



IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS OVERNIGHT IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA OR WESTERN 

WISCONSIN...USE CAUTION AND BE ALERT FOR FLOODED ROADS. DO NOT DRIVE 

INTO HIGH WATER. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE AFTER 1230 AM. 

UNTIL THAT TIME...STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE. 



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



REMEMBER...FLASH FLOODING IS HARD TO SPOT AT NIGHT.



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