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WGUS73 KARX 092202

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

502 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2004



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

FILLMORE AND OLMSTED COUNTIES...



KTTC TELEVISION HAS REPORTED NUMEROUS BASEMENT FLOODING IN ROCHESTER 

AND AT LEAST ONE APARTMENT BUILDING JUST SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN WITH 

WATER FLOWING THROUGH THE LOWEST FLOOR.



OLMSTED COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ALSO REPORTED A MUDSLIDE ON THE 

WESTERN SIDE OF ROCHESTER THAT OCCURRED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.

STREET FLOODING CONTINUES. MANY AREAS PICKED UP ABOUT 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN JUST THIS AFTERNOON.



IN FILLMORE COUNTY...NO FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED BY

TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST TWO HOURS AND EXCESSIVE 

RUNOFF IS EXPECTED. MUDSLIDES AND FLASH FLOODING ARE LIKELY. THE 

ROOT RIVER FROM PRESTON TOWARDS HOUSTON MINNESOTA WILL ALSO BE 

RISING VERY RAPIDLY. INTERESTS ALONG THE ROOT RIVER SHOULD MOVE TO 

HIGH GROUND NOW.



THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS GRADUALLY SHIFTING SOUTH SO CONDITIONS ARE 

EXPECTED TO IMPROVE AS WE HEAD INTO THE EVENING 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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