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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1115 AM CDT MON AUG 27 2007



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VERNON WI-

1115 AM CDT MON AUG 27 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR

VERNON COUNTY...



AT 1110 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA 

CROSSE INDICATED THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED SOUTHEAST INTO 

RICHLAND COUNTY. ONLY LIGHT ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 

NOON...WITH A MAINLY DRY AFTERNOON EXPECTED. THEREFORE...ANY 

FLOODING ONGOING WILL STABILIZE AND DIMINISH SLOWLY THROUGH THE 

EARLY AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL LIKELY BE 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1145 AM.  



LAW ENFORCEMENT IN VERNON COUNTY REPORTS MANY CREEKS ARE AT...OR 

OVER BANKFULL...IN THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. 

THESE INCLUDE THE FEEDER CREEKS INTO THE BAD AXE RIVER AND KICKAPOO 

RIVER. THE KICKAPOO RIVER IN THE LA FARGE AREA IS AGAIN RISING INTO 

HOMEOWNERS YARDS. UTLEY ROAD HAS BEEN CLOSED IN THE WHEATLAND 

TOWNSHIP AS WELL...IN SOUTHWEST VERNON COUNTY. 



RADAR ESTIMATES IN SOUTHERN VERNON COUNTY...ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A GENOA 

TO READSTOWN LINE...INDICATE AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

THERE.  



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.



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 4373 9066 4342 9067 4343 9121 4372 9125



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