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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

112 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008



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FAYETTE IA-CLAYTON IA-

112 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008



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

CLAYTON AND FAYETTE COUNTIES...



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

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

FARMERSBURG...ELKADER...ELGIN AND CLERMONT



TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING ACROSS 

THE WARNED AREA...WITH SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS 

NEAR FAYETTE AROUND MIDNIGHT. WHILE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED FOR MUCH OF 

THE AREA...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS CONTINUE WHICH WILL ADD TO THE 

RUNOFF. 



2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUED LIGHT 

TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE A FLASH FLOOD THREAT. THE TURKEY 

RIVER WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES OVERNIGHT...WELL ABOVE FLOOD STAGES 

AND FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THAT RIVER. OTHER SMALLER RIVERS AND 

STREAMS FEEDING INTO THE TURKEY RIVER...INCLUDING THE VOLGA RIVER 

AND OTTER AND CRANE CREEKS WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES AND FLOODING.



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 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 0612Z 180DEG 0KT 4285 9136



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