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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1024 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007



IAC089-131-MNC045-099-220500-

MITCHELL IA-HOWARD IA-FILLMORE MN-MOWER MN-

1024 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR

MOWER...FILLMORE...HOWARD AND MITCHELL COUNTIES...



AT 1020 PM CDT...MEDIA REPORTED FLOODING ALONG OAKLAND AVENUE IN 

AUSTIN MINNESOTA. IN ADDITION TO THIS...FLOODING WAS STILL 

REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 90 AND 4TH STREET

IN AUSTIN MINNESOTA.



AT 1024 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTERS REPORT BETWEEN AN

INCH AND AN INCH AND A HALF HAS FALLEN FROM THE AUSTIN AND LYLE 

AREAS EAST TO SPRING VALLEY AND RACINE...AND OVER WESTERN MITCHELL 

COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA. THE WARNED AREA MAY SEE A TOTAL OF ONE TO 

TWO INCHES OF RAIN TONIGHT. 



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

SPRING VALLEY...RUSHFORD...ROSE CREEK...PRESTON...LANESBORO...

HARMONY...GRAND MEADOW...FOUNTAIN...CANTON...BROWNSDALE...AUSTIN AND 

ADAMS. THIS INCLUDES THE CEDAR...ROOT...UPPER IOWA...AND TURKEY 

RIVERS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES. 



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 4382 9302 4322 9301 4323 9210 4350 9208

      4352 9174 4383 9175



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