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WGUS73 KARX 220408

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IAC037-067-220600-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1107 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FLOYD AND CHICKASAW

COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM CDT...



AT 1102 PM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN FLOYD COUNTY REPORTED 

SEVERAL WASHED OUT SECONDARY ROADS.  ALSO...WATER WAS REPORTED OVER 

ROADS IN CHARLES CITY.  IN CHICKASAW COUNTY...LAW ENFORCEMENT 

OFFICIALS WATER OVER ROADS AND BRIDGES EAST OF FREDERICKSBURG. 

ALSO...IS WAS REPORTED THAT 40 HOUSES HAD WATER IN THEIR BASEMENTS 

IN FREDERICKSBURG. 



AT 1105 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW 

MORE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE WARNED AREA.  THIS WILL CONTINUE 

TO AFFECT THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 100 AM.   



SOME LOCATIONS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...CHARLES CITY...

FLOYD...FREDERICKSBURG...IONIA...LAWLER...MARBLE ROCK AND NASHUA.



THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY MAKE THE 

FLOODING WORSE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO 

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT 

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY 

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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