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IAC005-037-043-065-067-089-131-191-WIC023-043-103-123-231015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1235 AM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR

CRAWFORD...GRANT...RICHLAND...VERNON...CLAYTON...CHICKASAW...FLOYD...

FAYETTE...ALLAMAKEE...HOWARD...MITCHELL AND WINNESHIEK COUNTIES...



AT 1223 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM OSAGE 

IOWA TO DECORAH IOWA TO LANCASTER WISCONSIN.  SINCE 1100 

PM...RAINFALL  ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 2 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAD FALLEN.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 

MPH...BUT THEY CONTINUED MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA.



THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTH INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE 

WARNED AREA.  IT IS THEN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WELL INTO THE MORNING 

HOURS.   



THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ALSO ADD TO THE FLOODING OF 

RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS.  ALSO...MUD SLIDES ALONG THE BLUFFS 

WILL LIELY OCCUR AS THE RAINFALL CONTINUES.  IF YOU ARE TRAVELING 

TONIGHT...BE AWARE OF DRIVING DOWN ROADS THAT ARE POTENTIALLY 

VULNERABLE TO MUD SLIDES.



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 4287 9305 4264 9209 4248 9037 4345 9037

          4371 9035 4370 9121 4347 9124 4346 9304



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