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WGUS73 KARX 230859

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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

355 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 350 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS

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

RAINFALL HAS BEGUN TO DECREASE OVER THE WARNED AREA.  THIS TREND IS 

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING.



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

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

CLAYTON...RICHLAND...SOUTHERN GRANT AND EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY WERE 

CLOSED FROM FLOODING AND DEBRIS.  EVACUATIONS ALONG THE VOLGA RIVER 

IN VOLGA WERE TAKING PLACE...AS THE RIVER WAS WITHIN A HALF OF A 

FOOT OF ITS FLOOD OF RECORD.  



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE ALREADY BEEN 

OBSERVED...ANOTHER INCH IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED 

AREA AS IT GRADUALLY DECREASES.



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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