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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

655 AM CDT WED JUN 16 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR

FAYETTE COUNTY...



AT 655 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS

PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST UNION 

TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF WEST UNION. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT FROM 

2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 430 AM THIS MORNING OVER 

PARTS OF SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY...NEAR OELWEIN. THE STORMS 

PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.



THE OELWEIN POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG 

HIGHWAY 150...NEAR THE JUNCTION WITH HIGHWAY 281.  THE FAYETTE 

COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS THAT WATER WAS ALSO RIGHT UP TO THE 

EDGE OF THE ROAD ALONG HIGHWAY W33 NEAR THE JUNCTION WITH HIGHWAY 

3.  OELWEIN EXPERIENCED A GOOD DEAL OF STREET FLOODING DURING THE 

PEAK OF THE RAIN...BUT THAT HAS NOW SUBSIDED.  PARKS IN OELWEIN ARE 

STILL FLOODING...AND A WALK BRIDGE WAS WASHED OUT. 



THE RAINFALL INTENSITY HAS DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY SINCE 

630 AM...AND THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS DIMINISHING.

HOWEVER...SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY STILL EXPERIENCE HIGH WATER 

INCLUDE FAYETTE...MAYNARD AND OELWEIN.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. 

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.



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 4265 9202 4280 9197 4284 9194 4286 9194

      4294 9190 4294 9162 4265 9162 4265 9162



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