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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

444 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008



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GRANT WI-

444 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008



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

SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY...



AT 430 AM...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN IN SOUTH-CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY. THIS RAIN AREA EXTENDED FROM 

UNION TO ELLENBORO TO NORTHEAST OF POTOSI. THE MAIN RIVER AFFECTED 

BY THIS RAINFALL WILL BE THE PLATTE RIVER AND ITS ASSOCIATED 

BRANCHES INCLUDING THE WILLOW AND MCPHERSON. COUNTY SHERIFFS 

REPORTED THEY DID NOT KNOW OF WATER PROBLEMS...BUT THIS DOES NOT 

MEAN FLOODING IS NOT A THREAT. 



THIS SAME AREA HAD 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL THURSDAY EVENING AND 

THEREFORE RECENT RAINS ARE FALLING ON SATURATED SOILS AND WILL 

RUNOFF INTO CREEKS AND STREAMS. THOSE LIVING IN THE WARNING AREA 

NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD CHECK WATER LEVELS IMMEDIATELY TO 

ENSURE SAFETY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF NEEDED.  



AT 442 AM...RADAR INDICATED THAT MOST OF THE RAINFALL HAS ENDED IN 

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA. HOWEVER...WATER WILL STILL RISE 

THROUGH THE NEXT HOURS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS BY 

FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.



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.



LAT...LON 4288 9059 4287 9049 4271 9055 4268 9065

      4270 9074



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