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WGUS73 KARX 220457

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1154 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007



IAC005-191-MNC055-220545-

WINNESHIEK IA-ALLAMAKEE IA-HOUSTON MN-

1153 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR

HOUSTON...ALLAMAKEE AND WINNESHIEK COUNTIES...



AT 1153 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN HOUSTON MINNESOTA AND WAUKON IOWA. 

THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED BETWEEN ONE AND TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF

RAIN NORTH OF A CRESCO TO SATTRE LINE IN NORTHERN WINNESHIEK COUNTY

BETWEEN 1045 AND 1145 PM. A SPOTTER IN SPRING GROVE MINNESOTA 

REPORTED 2.10 INCHES OF RAIN FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. 



RESIDENTS IN CALEDONIA AND SPRING GROVE IN SOUTHEAST  

MINNESOTA...AND DORCHESTER...HANOVER...AND NEW ALBIN IN NORTHEAST 

IOWA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STREET FLOODING. IN ADDITION...THERE 

MAY BE SOME RAPID RISES ALONG COON AND WINNEBAGO CREEKS IN SOUTHERN

HOUSTON COUNTY...AND ALONG THE UPPER IOWA RIVER AND THEIR 

TRIBUTARIES IN NORTHERN ALLAMAKEE COUNTY. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

SEEK HIGH GROUND. IN ADDITION...THERE MAY BE SOME MUD SLIDES.



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 4353 9126 4337 9122 4331 9107 4310 9118

      4308 9210 4349 9209 4350 9171 4384 9172

      4385 9129



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