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WGUS73 KARX 080115

FFSARX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

815 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 2007



IAC043-080315-

/O.CON.KARX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071008T0315Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

CLAYTON IA-

815 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN CLAYTON COUNTY...



AT 805 PM CDT...REPORTS FROM THE AREA CONTINUE TO INDICATE 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF CLAYTON COUNTY. 

REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WEATHER OBSERVERS INDICATE SEVERAL 

ROADS ARE UNDER WATER...DUE TO FLOODING ALONG BEAR CREEK...ELK 

CREEK...AND THEIR SMALLER TRIBUTARY CREEKS. THE COOPERATIVE WEATHER 

OBSERVER AT EDGEWOOD REPORTED 5.21 INCHES OF RAINFALL. 



ROAD CLOSURES INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 3...LITTLEPORT ROAD...IOWA AVENUE...

HILTON ROAD...GLACIER ROAD...AND FAUCET ROAD. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STRAWBERRY 

POINT...EDGEWOOD...WOOD...BIXBY STATE PARK...LITTLEPORT...GARBER... 

AND UPDEGRAFF.  SOME CREEKS AND RIVERS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SPRING 

CREEK...FENCHEL CREEK...LINDSEY CREEK...BEAR CREEK...RABBIT 

CREEK...ELK CREEK...WOLF CREEK...STEELES BRANCH...AND THE VOLGA 

RIVER. 



AT 805 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE 

HEAVY RAIN AREA HAD WEAKENED...WITH LIGHT SHOWERS CONTINUING. 

HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE 

AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST.  AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO HALF-INCH OF 

RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL HAVE TO BE 

MONITORED...AS ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD ONLY ADD TO THE CURRENT 

FLOODING PROBLEMS. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

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.



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 4264 9118 4264 9161 4273 9155 4280 9134

      4275 9113

TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 180DEG 0KT 4271 9136



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000 

WGUS73 KARX 080115

FFSARX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

815 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 2007



IAC043-080315-

/O.CON.KARX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071008T0315Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

CLAYTON IA-

815 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN CLAYTON COUNTY...



AT 805 PM CDT...REPORTS FROM THE AREA CONTINUE TO INDICATE 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF CLAYTON COUNTY. 

REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WEATHER OBSERVERS INDICATE SEVERAL 

ROADS ARE UNDER WATER...DUE TO FLOODING ALONG BEAR CREEK...ELK 

CREEK...AND THEIR SMALLER TRIBUTARY CREEKS. THE COOPERATIVE WEATHER 

OBSERVER AT EDGEWOOD REPORTED 5.21 INCHES OF RAINFALL. 



ROAD CLOSURES INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 3...LITTLEPORT ROAD...IOWA AVENUE...

HILTON ROAD...GLACIER ROAD...AND FAUCET ROAD. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STRAWBERRY 

POINT...EDGEWOOD...WOOD...BIXBY STATE PARK...LITTLEPORT...GARBER... 

AND UPDEGRAFF.  SOME CREEKS AND RIVERS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SPRING 

CREEK...FENCHEL CREEK...LINDSEY CREEK...BEAR CREEK...RABBIT 

CREEK...ELK CREEK...WOLF CREEK...STEELES BRANCH...AND THE VOLGA 

RIVER. 



AT 805 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE 

HEAVY RAIN AREA HAD WEAKENED...WITH LIGHT SHOWERS CONTINUING. 

HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE 

AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST.  AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO HALF-INCH OF 

RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL HAVE TO BE 

MONITORED...AS ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD ONLY ADD TO THE CURRENT 

FLOODING PROBLEMS. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

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.



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 4264 9118 4264 9161 4273 9155 4280 9134

      4275 9113

TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 180DEG 0KT 4271 9136



$$



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