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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
649 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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MITCHELL IA-HOWARD IA-FLOYD IA-DODGE MN-MOWER MN-OLMSTED MN-
649 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN OLMSTED...
MOWER...SOUTHERN DODGE...NORTHERN FLOYD...NORTHWESTERN HOWARD AND
MITCHELL COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...

AT 642 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE SITUATION IN MITCHELL 
COUNTY IS INCREASINGLY BECOMING DIRE AS EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND 
DISPATCH REPORT WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY. RADAR 
ESTIMATES ARE BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES...AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 
INCHES IS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS MITCHELL COUNTY.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. THIS 
IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT TRAVEL 
UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. SECONDARY ROADS ARE FLOODED...AND SOME MAIN 
ROADS ARE BECOMING UNDER WATER. ROAD CLOSURES ARE LIKELY AND A FLASH 
FLOOD EMERGENCY MAY BE NECESSARY. ONCE NIGHT FALLS...IT WILL BECOME 
IMPOSSIBLE TO TRAVEL. TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.

AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL RAPIDLY RISE...SUCH AS THE BURR OAK 
CREEK...CEDAR RIVER...SPRING CREEK...SUGAR CREEK...AND ROCK CREEK. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AUSTIN...CHARLES CITY...OSAGE...ADAMS...BROWNSDALE...FLOYD...GRAND
MEADOW...HAYFIELD...LE ROY...LYLE...NORA SPRINGS...RICEVILLE...
ROCKFORD...ROSE CREEK...RUDD...ST. ANSGAR...STACYVILLE AND 
STEWARTVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.


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LAT...LON 4396 9304 4390 9244 4351 9245 4321 9256
      4308 9255 4304 9257 4300 9303

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