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WGUS73 KARX 190803

FFSARX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

259 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



WIC063-103-123-191045-

LA CROSSE WI-VERNON WI-RICHLAND WI-

259 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR

NORTHERN RICHLAND...VERNON AND SOUTHERN LA CROSSE COUNTIES...



AT 220 AM CDT...BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED THE YUBA FIRE DEPARTMENT 

WAS UNDER WATER. HIGHWAY 58 WAS CLOSED AT CAZENOVIA AND HIGHWAY 80 

NORTH OF CENTURY FARM ROAD HAD BUCKLED.



AT 245 AM CDT...THE VERNON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT 

CARS HAD BEEN WASHED AWAY ON COUNTY P NORTHEAST OF COON VALLEY AND 

ON HIGHWAY 56 WEST OF VIROQUA. A MUDSLIDE HAD TAKEN DOWN POWER LINES 

SOUTH OF GENOA ALONG HIGHWAY 35 AT SHADY LANE.



AT 256 AM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED 

OVER THE WARNED AREA...WITH RADAR ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS 

THE WARNED AREA SINCE SATURDAY EVENING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

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



AT 256 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 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 VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER...

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



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.



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 4355 9020 4326 9018 4352 9122 4385 9126



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000 

WGUS73 KARX 190803

FFSARX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

259 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



WIC063-103-123-191045-

LA CROSSE WI-VERNON WI-RICHLAND WI-

259 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR

NORTHERN RICHLAND...VERNON AND SOUTHERN LA CROSSE COUNTIES...



AT 220 AM CDT...BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED THE YUBA FIRE DEPARTMENT 

WAS UNDER WATER. HIGHWAY 58 WAS CLOSED AT CAZENOVIA AND HIGHWAY 80 

NORTH OF CENTURY FARM ROAD HAD BUCKLED.



AT 245 AM CDT...THE VERNON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT 

CARS HAD BEEN WASHED AWAY ON COUNTY P NORTHEAST OF COON VALLEY AND 

ON HIGHWAY 56 WEST OF VIROQUA. A MUDSLIDE HAD TAKEN DOWN POWER LINES 

SOUTH OF GENOA ALONG HIGHWAY 35 AT SHADY LANE.



AT 256 AM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED 

OVER THE WARNED AREA...WITH RADAR ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS 

THE WARNED AREA SINCE SATURDAY EVENING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

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



AT 256 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 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 VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER...

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



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.



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 4355 9020 4326 9018 4352 9122 4385 9126



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