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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

312 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



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CRAWFORD WI-

312 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



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

CRAWFORD COUNTY...



AT 305 AM CDT...THE CRAWFORD COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED 2 

FEET OF WATER OVER HIGHWAY 61 SOUTH OF SOLDIERS GROVE AND THE ROAD 

WAS CLOSED IN SOLDIERS GROVE. ALL ROADS WERE CLOSED IN CLAYTON 

TOWNSHIP. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN SEVERAL MUD SLIDES IN THE COUNTY.



AT 310 AM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED 

OVER THE WARNED AREA...WITH RADAR ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS 

THE WARNED AREA SINCE SATURDAY EVENING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNT 

ZION...MONTGOMERYVILLE...PETERSBURG...CLAYTON...SOLDIERS 

GROVE...SENECA...GAYS MILLS...FAIRVIEW AND BELL CENTER.



AT 310 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW

MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...RESULTING IN

DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA..



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 4342 9068 4319 9067 4307 9091 4300 9114

      4314 9115 4329 9105 4342 9120



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