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WGUS73 KARX 080346 RRA

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1046 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



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MITCHELL IA-

1046 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR

MITCHELL COUNTY...



AT 1045 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT SEVERAL ROADS 

STILL UNDER WATER FROM STORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING. 



THE HARDEST HIT AREA APPEARS TO BE ALONG THE LITTLE CEDAR RIVER AND 

ITS TRIBUTARIES...AFFECTING THE COMMUNITIES OF STACYVILLE AND LITTLE 

CEDAR...AS WELL AS THE PIONEER STATE PARK AREA. RAIN AMOUNTS OF 

AROUND 5 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.  FLOODING WAS ALSO OCCURRING 

ALONG SOME OF THE TRIBUTARIES TO THE CEDAR RIVER IN THE NORTHWEST 

PART OF THE COUNTY...NEAR TOETERVILLE AND SAINT ANSGAR.  



USE EXTREME CAUTION IF DRIVING TONIGHT...AS SEVERAL ROADS ARE CLOSED 

AND THERE MAY BE SOME WASHOUTS. IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING AT NIGHT. 



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 4350 9303 4349 9256 4322 9257 4321 9303

TIME...MOT...LOC 0339Z 180DEG 0KT 4337 9285



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