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WGUS73 KARX 200026

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

726 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



IAC037-089-200130-

HOWARD IA-CHICKASAW IA-

726 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR

CHICKASAW AND HOWARD COUNTIES...



AT 726 PM CDT...CHICKASAW COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT 

CRANE CREEK WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS ONTO COUNTY ROAD B 22. DOPPLER 

RADAR INDICATES BETWEEN ONE AND FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

BETWEEN CHARLES CITY AND JERICO...AND BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN NEW HAVEN AND ELMA. 



IN ADDITION...RESIDENTS ALONG THE CEDAR AND WAPSIPINICON RIVERS AND 

THEIR TRIBUTARIES...AND ALONG CRANE CREEK SHOULD MONITOR WATER 

LEVELS FOR RAPID RISES.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER

CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND

PICKUPS. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4349 9209 4292 9209 4291 9255 4350 9255



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