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WGUS73 KARX 230731

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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

230 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 225 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS

PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THE 

STRONGEST STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE LOCATED FROM 

MOUNT STERLING SOUTH THROUGH MILLVILLE...AND SOUTHWEST TO GUTTENBURG 

TO GARBER TO JUST EAST EDGEWOOD. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 

AT 30 MPH. 



SO FAR THIS MORNING...SEVERAL MUD SLIDES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS 

ROADS NEAR BLUFF SIDES.  SEVERAL ROADS IN FAYETTE...CLAYTON... 

SOUTHERN GRANT AND EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY WERE FLOODED AND DEBRIS 

LADEN.  EVACUATIONS ALONG THE VOLGA RIVER IN VOLGA WERE TAKING 

PLACE...AS THE RIVER WAS WITH 2 FEET OF ITS FLOOD OF RECORD.  



THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL 

HOURS.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE ALREADY BEEN 

OBSERVED...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS 

OF THE WARNED AREA.



THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ADD TO THE FLOODING OF RIVERS...STREAMS 

AND CREEKS.  ALSO...MUD SLIDES ALONG THE BLUFFS WILL LIKELY OCCUR AS 

THE RAINFALL CONTINUES. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING THIS MORNING...BE AWARE 

OF DRIVING DOWN ROADS THAT ARE VULNERABLE TO MUD SLIDES. TRAVEL IS 

DISCOURAGED.



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 4249 9038 4290 9036

          4346 9038 4372 9035 4370 9121 4348 9124

          4347 9304



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