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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1058 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2007



WIC011-230745-

BUFFALO WI-

1058 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR 

BUFFALO COUNTY...



AT 1050 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD 

RAPIDLY MOVED OUT OF MUCH OF BUFFALO COUNTY. THERE WERE STILL A FEW 

LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS MOVING THROUGH THE COUNTY...BUT IT APPEARS 

THE CONCENTRATED AREA OF STORMS HAS ENDED FOR THE REST OF THE 

NIGHT...AND THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN THREAT IS DIMINISHING. 



HOWEVER...REPORTS OF 5 INCHES OF RAIN WEST OF MONDOVI...SUGGESTS 

THAT WATER IS STILL LIKELY DRAINING OUT OF THE SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...AND SOME RIVERS MAY STILL BE ON THE RISE...AND SOME 

ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY STILL BE UNDERWATER.



WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED ACROSS BUFFALO 

COUNTY...THOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF URBANIZED 

FLOODING....AND FLOODING IN LOWLAND AREAS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES. IF 

WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FAILS TO REDEVELOP BY 

MIDNIGHT...AND NO FLOODING REPORTS ARE RECEIVED...THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING MAY BE CANCELLED EARLY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE AREAS ALONG FARRINGTON 

CREEK...WAUMANDEE CREEK...AND THE BUFFALO RIVER.



FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS IS 

STILL POSSIBLE...DESPITE STORMS HAVING ENDED FOR THE MOST PART. 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.



LAT...LON 4459 9156 4407 9161 4414 9175 4425 9188

      4459 9185



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