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WGUS73 KARX 190529

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1227 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



MNC109-190645-

OLMSTED MN-

1227 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR

OLMSTED COUNTY...



AT 1110 PM CDT...OFFICIALS IN EYOTA REPORTED SEVERAL STREET CLOSURES 

FROM HIGH WATER. SAND BAGGING EFFORTS HAVE BEEN STARTED.



AT 1224 AM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED

OVER THE WARNED AREA...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES 

INDICATED BY RADAR OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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



AT 1224 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SLOW 

MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...RESULTING IN 

DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS WITH THE 

GREATEST RISK OF FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE 

ROCHESTER...ORONOCO...EYOTA...DOVER AND BYRON.



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.



LAT...LON 4410 9209 4386 9211 4385 9268 4420 9269

      4419 9232 4411 9232



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