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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

925 AM CDT WED SEP 15 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR

MOWER...FILLMORE...WINONA AND DODGE COUNTIES...



FLASH FLOODING...PRIMARILY FROM OVERNIGHT HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUES 

OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.



IN MOWER COUNTY...FLOODING IS REPORTED IN AUSTIN...ADAMS...TAOPI

AND LE ROY. SECTIONS OF INTERSTATE 90 ARE CLOSED...ALONG WITH OTHER 

STATE HIGHWAYS AND TOWNSHIP ROADS. THE CREEKS THAT FLOW INTO THE 

CEDAR RIVER NEAR AUSTIN ARE ALL HIGH AND FLOODING. EVEN THE 

HEADWATERS OF THE UPPER IOWA RIVER NEAR LE ROY IS EXPERIENCING 

FLOODING WORSE THAN IN 1993.



IN DODGE COUNTY...NUMEROUS COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ROADS WERE 

UNDERWATER. STATE HIGHWAYS WERE REPORTEDLY OPEN THOUGH. COMMUNITIES 

ALONG THE SOUTH BRANCH OF THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE ZUMBRO RIVER HAVE 

FLOODING...INCLUDING SOME HOMES IN THE WASIOJA AREA.



RAINFALL OVERNIGHT WAS ESPECIALLY HARD...IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES IN 

THIS REGION...WITH SOME UNOFFICIAL READINGS OVER 10 INCHES NEAR 

BLOOMING PRAIRIE. SO FAR THIS MORNING...RAINFALL HAS BEEN SPOTTY AND 

IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN SO AT LEAST THROUGH NOON. IN FACT...IT APPEARS 

THE AXIS OF THE HEAVY RAIN WILL SHIFT EAST OF THIS AREA FOR LATER 

TODAY.



CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AS THE MORNING GOES ON...BUT IT WILL BE A 

SLOW IMPROVEMENT. WATCH FOR HIGH WATER AND STAY ON HIGH 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. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4385 9155 4384 9174 4353 9177 4352 9304

      4385 9275 4385 9305 4419 9304 4419 9268

      4382 9269 4384 9210 4419 9207 4419 9185

      4405 9162 4400 9146



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