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WGUS73 KARX 220337

FFSARX

IAC043-065-220430-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1037 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR

CLAYTON AND FAYETTE COUNTIES...



AT 1033 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER FAYETTE...OR ABOUT 8 

MILES SOUTH OF WEST UNION. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO 

DEVELOP TO THE WEST OF THE AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 

1 AND 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 1130 PM. LAW ENFORCEMENT IN 

FAYETTE AND CLAYTON COUNTIES STATES HIGHWAY 18 NEAR HAWKEYE WAS 

UNDER WATER AND THERE WAS STREET FLOODING IN MCGREGOR. THE STORMS PRODUCING 

THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ARLINGTON...CLERMONT...

ELGIN...ELKADER...FARMERSBURG...GARNAVILLO AND HAWKEYE.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FORGE

FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...

ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4307 9190 4271 9209 4273 9124 4306 9124



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