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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

245 AM CDT WED JUL 18 2007



IAC005-043-WIC023-043-181115-

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

245 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 OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR 

SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. ALL RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG ANY 

CREEK OR STREAM...OR SMALL RIVER...NEEDS TO MONITOR THE LEVELS OF 

THOSE WATERWAYS FOR DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING. SOME RIVERS OF 

CONCERN...ARE THE YELLOW RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES...AND THE GRANT RIVER 

AND TRIBUTARIES.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS AS OF 245 AM...ARE 4.85 INCHES IN PRAIRIE DU 

CHIEN...7.02 INCHES IN MCGREGOR...AND IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES AT 

BLOODY RUN CREEK NEAR MARQUETTE. ON THE YELLOW RIVER NEAR ION...3.76 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE LATE LAST EVENING. AT BURTON ON THE 

GRANT RIVER...2.91 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT IN CLAYTON COUNTY REPORTED 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. NO FLOODING REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OUT OF ALLAMAKEE 

COUNTY AS OF YET...HOWEVER...RADAR AND RAIN GAGE REPORTS SUGGEST 

OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN ALLAMAKEE 

COUNTY...THUS IT IS POSSIBLE SOME RURAL ROADS ARE UNDERWATER AND 

POSSIBLY WASHED OUT. IN THE CITY OF BAGLEY...IN GRANT COUNTY...WATER 

FROM 3 TO 4 FEET DEEP HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE CITY IN SPOTS...WITH 

HOUSES REPORTEDLY COMING OFF THEIR FOUNDATIONS...AND PROPANE TANKS 

LOOSE AND FLOATING IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.



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

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



AT 242 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW

MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...RESULTING IN 

DANGEROUS MUDSLIDES AND FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THERE 

HAS BEEN A SLIGHT SOUTHWARD DRIFT TO THE NARROW BAND OF 

STORMS...SUGGESTING HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL IS ON THE WANE FOR 

ALLAMAKEE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES. HOWEVER...NORTHERN CLAYTON COUNTY 

AND MUCH OF GRANT COUNTY IS IN LINE FOR MORE HEAVY RAINS THROUGH 5 

AM.



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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