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WGUS73 KARX 190259

FFSARX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

957 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007



WIC063-123-190445-

LA CROSSE WI-VERNON WI-

957 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR 

VERNON AND LA CROSSE COUNTIES...



AT 955 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED 

OVER THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED 

ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS NUMEROUS STREET 

FLOODING IN LA CROSSE. A LARGE TREE WAS OVER THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 33 

JUST OUTSIDE OF LA CROSSE DUE TO A MUD SLIDE.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STODDARD...LA

CROSSE AND COON VALLEY



AT 955 PM 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 VIROQUA...

LA CROSSE...WESTBY...STODDARD AND COON VALLEY.



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.



LAT...LON 4372 9066 4343 9068 4357 9122 4385 9126

      4373 9090



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