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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

400 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR

FILLMORE AND OLMSTED COUNTIES...



OLMSTED COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS AT LEAST TWO INCHES OF 

RAIN IN ROCHESTER THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHWAY 52 HAS FOUR TO SIX INCHES 

OF RAIN OVER THE HIGHWAY ON WEST AND NORTHWEST SIDES OF TOWN. STORM

SPOTTERS ALSO REPORTED CREEKS SWOLLEN AND FLOODING CAMPGROUNDS NEAR 

BYRON. 



AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY 

EVENING BUT THE HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD BE LETTING UP IN OLMSTED COUNTY 

AS THE AFTERNOON WEARS ON.



IN FILLMORE COUNTY...CLUSTERS OF STORMS HAVE DROPPED AN ESTIMATED ONE

TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED. SINCE 

HEAVY RAIN FELL EARLY THIS MORNING IN THIS AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG 

THE ROOT RIVER...RUNOFF WILL CERTAINLY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OVER THE 

NEXT FEW HOURS.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE 

INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER

CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND 

PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4351 9245 4383 9244 4384 9269 4419 9267

      4419 9267 4419 9233 4411 9231 4410 9209

      4385 9210 4384 9174 4351 9174 4351 9174



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