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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

144 AM CDT WED JUL 18 2007



IAC005-043-WIC023-043-181115-

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

144 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...



A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD EVENT CONTINUES TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST 

IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. A NARROW BAND OF 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO DEVELOP SOUTHEAST OF DECORAH...SPREADING 

SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ALLAMAKEE...NORTHEASTERN 

CLAYTON...SOUTHWEST CRAWFORD...AND WESTERN GRANT COUNTY. 



RAINFALL AMOUNTS SO FAR...ARE NEAR 4 INCHES IN PRAIRIE DU 

CHIEN...4.96 INCHES IN MCGREGOR...AND 4.73 INCHES AT BLOODY RUN 

CREEK NEAR MARQUETTE. ON THE YELLOW RIVER NEAR ION...3.01 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE LATE LAST EVENING. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT IN CLAYTON COUNTY REPORTS MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS 

OFF THE STEEP MISSISSIPPI RIVER BLUFFS...FLOATING CARS IN THE 

MARQUETTE AND MCGREGOR AREAS...WHILE LAW ENFORCEMENT IN PRAIRIE DU 

CHIEN REPORTED NUMEROUS FLOODED STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS THROUGHOUT 

THE CITY.



THE BLOODY RUN CREEK AT MARQUETTE REACHED FLOOD STAGE AFTER 1 

AM...AND WILL CONTINUE TO RISE WELL ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH THE 

REST OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. OTHER RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES...SUCH AS 

THE YELLOW RIVER...THE GRANT RIVER...AND ALL SMALL STREAMS AND 

CREEKS WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES AND MAY COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

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



AT 139 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SLOW MOVING

THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS

MUDSLIDES AND FLASH FLOODING 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.



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.



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.



IF YOUR ARE CAMPING...IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE

TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY

RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND AWAY FROM RISING WATER

IMMEDIATELY.



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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