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WGUS73 KARX 110447

FFSARX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

1147 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008



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JUNEAU WI-MONROE WI-

1147 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN MONROE AND SOUTHERN JUNEAU COUNTIES...



AT 1140 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN TOMAH. 



AT 1145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...RESULTING IN 

THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS 

WITH THE GREATEST RISK OF FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE TOMAH...MAUSTON AND 

NEW LISBON...AND  WILL AFFECT THE LEMONWEIR RIVER AND SEVERAL OF 

ITS SMALLER TRIBUTARIES.



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 4364 8979 4364 8995 4391 9061 4415 9048

      4397 8996 4390 8997 4387 8995 4377 8984

TIME...MOT...LOC 0445Z 180DEG 0KT 4395 9031



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