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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

830 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007



MNC055-169-190330-

WINONA MN-HOUSTON MN-

830 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR

HOUSTON AND SOUTHERN WINONA COUNTIES...



AT 822 PM CDT...THE HOUSTON COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED 

SEVERAL MUDSLIDES IN THE COUNTY. THESE WERE OVER HIGHWAY 76 BETWEEN 

MONEY CREEK AND HOUSTON AND OVER COUNTY HIGHWAYS 9...13 AND 26.



AT 829 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED. 

THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LEWISTON TO 7

MILES NORTH OF HOUSTON TO BROWNSVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING

FROM 14 MILES WEST OF WINONA TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF WINONA TO 6 MILES

SOUTH OF LA CRESCENT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DAKOTA

AND LA CRESCENT



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. PERSONS IN THE WARNED

AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY TO AVOID THESE HAZARDS.



PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE AND

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



LAT...LON 4402 9148 4384 9129 4357 9125 4363 9172

      4383 9173 4385 9207 4401 9207



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