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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1203 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008



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FAYETTE IA-CLAYTON IA-

1203 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR

CLAYTON AND FAYETTE COUNTIES...



AT 1202 AM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED

OVER THE WARNED AREA. SPOTTERS REPORTED SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS 

WELL OUT OF THEIR BANKS NEAR FAYETTE IOWA. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST UNION...

WAUCOMA...MONONA...MCGREGOR...MARQUETTE...HAWKEYE...GARNAVILLO...FARM

ERSBURG...ELKADER...ELGIN AND CLERMONT.



RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS FOR RAPID RISES 

AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. MUDSLIDES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN 

STEEPER TERRAIN.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT. IF

FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY.



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 9091 4263 9102 4265 9208 4307 9208

      4308 9120 4301 9115 4292 9114 4287 9109

      4275 9107 4271 9102 4266 9088

TIME...MOT...LOC 0503Z 180DEG 0KT 4285 9136



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