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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1255 AM CDT WED JUL 18 2007



IAC005-043-WIC023-043-181115-

ALLAMAKEE IA-CLAYTON IA-GRANT WI-CRAWFORD WI-

1255 AM CDT WED JUL 18 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN CRAWFORD...GRANT...EASTERN CLAYTON AND SOUTHERN

ALLAMAKEE COUNTIES...



AT 1249 AM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY 

CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 2 OR 3 AM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



SOME LATEST RAINFALL TOTALS INCLUDE 3.48 INCHES IN PRAIRIE DU 

CHIEN...2.94 INCHES IN MCGREGOR IOWA...AND 1.78 INCHES IN ION ON THE 

YELLOW RIVER.



RESIDENTS ALONG ALL SMALLER RIVERS...CREEKS...AND STREAMS SHOULD BE 

AWARE OF RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS. SOME RIVERS AND CREEKS OF 

CONCERN WILL BE THE YELLOW RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES...THE GRANT 

RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES...MAGILL CREEK....BUCK CREEK...SANDY 

CREEK...AND MILLVILL CREEK.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MCGREGOR...

MARQUETTE...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...LANCASTER AND BLOOMINGTON



AT 1249 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED

AREA. LOCATIONS WITH THE GREATEST RISK OF FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE

PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE...LANCASTER...MCGREGOR...MARQUETTE...

HAZEL GREEN...DICKEYVILLE AND CUBA CITY.



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 DONT

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 IN THE MISSISSIPPI 

RIVER BLUFFS. PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACT 

QUICKLY TO AVOID THESE HAZARDS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE AND

TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 4251 9063 4263 9068 4266 9076 4269 9089

      4265 9090 4265 9100 4321 9150 4328 9131

      4273 9043 4251 9042



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