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WGUS73 KARX 190348

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1048 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007



MNC055-157-169-190615-

WABASHA MN-WINONA MN-HOUSTON MN-

1048 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR

HOUSTON...WINONA AND WABASHA COUNTIES...



AT 1037 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WERE 

REPORTED OVER THE WARNED AREA....WITH RADAR ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 6 

INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL 

MUDSLIDES OR WATER ACROSS ROADS INCLUDING COUNTY 72 SOUTH OF 

INTERSTATE 90...COUNTY 74 AND STATE 74 IN THE ELBA AREA AND HIGHWAY 

14 AT FARMERS PARK NEAR STOCKTON.



THE WINONA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS REQUESTING NO TRAVEL IN 

THE COUNTY TONIGHT BECAUSE OF THE ONGOING FLOODING AND THE 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.



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

ROLLINGSTONE AND KELLOGG



AT 1037 PM 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 WINONA...WABASHA...LA

CRESCENT...CALEDONIA...STOCKTON...ST. CHARLES...ROLLINGSTONE AND

LEWISTON.



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.



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.



PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE AND

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



LAT...LON 4403 9159 4384 9129 4357 9125 4363 9172

      4384 9173 4385 9207 4419 9210 4421 9254

      4436 9254 4438 9244 4445 9243 4442 9215

      4435 9198 4417 9185



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