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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

435 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



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GRANT WI-

435 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR GRANT

COUNTY...



AT 431 PM CDT...LAW ENFOREMENT REPORTED THE FOLLOWING TOWNS HAVE 

SIGNIFICANT FLODDING AND EVACUATION PROBLEMS... 

POTOSI...LANCASTER...AND LIVINGSTON.



STATE HIGHWAYS 80 AND 81 ARE CLOSED...AS WELL AS NUMEROUS COUNTY AND 

TOWNSHIP ROADS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 



OBSERVERS REPORT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE THIS MORNING...AND 

MAJOR RUNOFF. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS ONGOING. THE GRANT RIVER ROSE 

8 FEET FROM 230 PM TO 430 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. 



IF YOU LIVE ALONG THE FOLLOWING STREAMS OR RIVERS...EVACUATE TO 

HIGHER GROUND...



THE PLATTE RIVER...BOICE CREEK...ALL TRIBUTARIES OF THE GRANT 

RIVER...THE LITTLE PLATTE RIVER...AND RATTLESNAKE CREEK. 



HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE ROCK AND MUD-SLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. 

THIS COULD CAUSE ENTIRE HILL SIDES TO GIVE WAY AND IMPACT NEARBY 

HOMES AND ROADS. MOVE TO HIGHER OR MORE STABLE GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

USE CAUTION ON AREA ROADS AND NEVER DRIVE INTO HIGH WATER.



FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY WASH SECTIONS OF ROADS AWAY...ESPECIALLY

SECONDARY ROADS AND IN AREAS WITH STEEP TERRAIN. BRIDGE APPROACHES

MAY ALSO BE DAMAGED SO USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING THROUGH THE

WARNED AREA.



LAT...LON 4251 9064 4254 9064 4255 9066 4264 9071

      4268 9091 4278 9103 4319 9060 4321 9055

      4320 9043 4253 9042 4252 9041 4250 9042

TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 180DEG 0KT 4265 9056



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