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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1242 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008



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GRANT WI-

1242 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008



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

COUNTY...



AT 1239 AM CDT...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA...MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY WHERE 

RADAR HAS ESTIMATED A QUICK 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE 

LAST 60 TO 90 MINUTES.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

LANCASTER...FENNIMORE AND BLOOMINGTON...AND ALSO INCLUDE SUCH SMALL 

STREAMS AND RIVERS AS SANDY CREEK...RATTLESNAKE CREEK...MUSKELLUNGE 

CREEK...AND THE LITTLE GRANT RIVER.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN WILL ENHANCE THE FLOOD 

THREAT. PERSONS IN VALLEYS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND OR MONITOR 

WATER LEVELS CLOSELY. ROCK AND MUD-SLIDES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. AREA 

ROADS MAY BE DAMAGED BY THIS FLOODING SO USE EXTREME CAUTION.



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 4258 9042 4259 9070 4264 9073 4271 9102

      4278 9109 4287 9109 4291 9113 4299 9113

      4299 9106 4300 9105 4301 9044

TIME...MOT...LOC 0542Z 180DEG 0KT 4282 9090



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