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WGUS73 KARX 150950

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MNC169-151100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

450 AM CDT WED SEP 15 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR

WINONA COUNTY...



AT 448 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. LAW ENFORCEMENT 

OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGH WATER IN THE SUNNY VIEW ACRES SUBDIVISION IN 

GOODVIEW. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN A QUARTER AND THREE 

QUARTERS OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 AM.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ALTURA...LEWISTON... 

STOCKTON...MINNESOTA CITY...GOODVIEW AND WINONA.



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. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DO NOT

DROWN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND

STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUD-SLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. PERSONS IN THE WARNED

AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY TO AVOID THESE HAZARDS.



LAT...LON 4387 9205 4386 9166 4388 9135 4419 9205



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