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WGUS73 KARX 241351
FFSARX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
851 AM CDT WED AUG 24 2016

IAC005-037-089-191-241745-
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CHICKASAW IA-HOWARD IA-ALLAMAKEE IA-WINNESHIEK IA-
851 AM CDT WED AUG 24 2016

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CHICKASAW...SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD...ALLAMAKEE AND
WINNESHIEK COUNTIES...

AT 835 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS MAJOR FLOODING ACROSS
THE AREA. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY HISTORIC EVENT. FLOODING OF THIS
MAGNITUDE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN SEEN BY MANY ACROSS THESE AREAS.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY...ESPECIALLY FOR FREEPORT...
SPILLVILLE...AND DECORAH. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS
SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

THE MOST IMPACTED AREAS INCLUDE
FREEPORT...SPILLVILLE...DECORAH...AND FORT ATKINSON. EVACUATIONS ARE
UNDERWAY AT FREEPORT. MAJOR IMPACTS ONGOING ALONG MANY AREA RIVERS
AND STREAMS. MULTIPLE ROADS HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT. DUE TO THE
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING FLOODING AND STRAINED RESOURCES IT IS POSSIBLE
THAT NOT ALL WASHED OUT ROADS ARE BARRICADED.

AN EMERGENCY SHELTER HAS BEEN OPENED AT STONE RIDGE COMMUNITY CHURCH
LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF MONTGOMERY STREET AND HIGHWAY 9 IN
DECORAH.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA WILL CAUSE MUD SLIDES NEAR
STEEP TERRAIN. THE MUD SLIDE CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION
AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DECORAH...WAUKON...CRESCO...LANSING...POSTVILLE...CALMAR...OSSIAN...
ELMA...NEW ALBIN...LAWLER...SPILLVILLE...FORT ATKINSON...
HARPERS FERRY...RIDGEWAY...PROTIVIN...JERICO...HARDIN...ALTA VISTA...
CASTALIA AND WATERVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 4350 9215 4350 9122 4345 9123 4341 9120
      4335 9121 4332 9111 4325 9106 4320 9112
      4315 9115 4313 9118 4308 9118 4308 9208
      4306 9208 4309 9244 4332 9246

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