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WGUS73 KARX 060102

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IAC065-060130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

801 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR

FAYETTE COUNTY...



AT 801 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MOST OF FAYETTE COUNTY. 

HOWEVER...THE BACK EDGE OF THE RAIN WAS NOW APPROACHING. THE RAIN 

AREA WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT ABOUT 20 MPH.  EXPECT RAIN TO 

CONTINUE THROUGH 830 OR 9 PM ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



AT 750 PM...THE FAYETTE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT WATER WAS OVER 

HIGHWAY C 24 NEAR WADENA FROM BRUSH CREEK.  SANDBAGGING EFFORTS WERE 

ALSO ONGOING IN WADENA DUE TO HIGH WATER FROM THE VOLGA RIVER.  

WATER WAS ALSO OVER THE ROAD NEAR ARLINGTON...AFFECTING DELL ROAD 

NEAR D AVENUE. 



EARLIER THIS EVENING...HIGH WATER WAS FLOODING SEVERAL MAJOR 

ROADWAYS...CAUSING ROAD CLOSURES.  FOR A TIME...STATE HIGHWAY 3 WAS 

CLOSED...ALONG WITH HIGHWAY 187...HIGHWAY W 45...AND HIGHWAY W 33.  

THE WATER HAS RECEDED IN THESE AREAS RECENTLY.  



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 9186 4266 9185 4270 9185 4271 9183

      4277 9182 4283 9179 4284 9169 4286 9162

      4265 9162



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