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WGUS73 KARX 200128
FFSARX

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

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MITCHELL IA-HOWARD IA-FLOYD IA-DODGE MN-MOWER MN-OLMSTED MN-
828 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 821 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE SITUATION IN MITCHELL 
COUNTY AND SOUTHERN MOWER COUNTY REMAINS VERY SERIOUS AND LIFE 
THREATENING. MITCHELL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGERS REPORT 90 PERCENT OF 
GRAVEL ROADS ARE FLOODED...AND HIGHWAY 218 BETWEEN OSAGE AND ST 
ANSGAR IS CLOSED DUE TO EXTREME FLOODING. DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS IT IS 
NECESSARY. STAY HOME...STAY SAFE. 

ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 
INCHES...LOCALIZED 3 INCH AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL ONLY 
EXACERBATE THE FLOODING PROBLEM. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. THIS 
IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. SECONDARY ROADS 
ARE FLOODED...AND SOME MAIN ROADS ARE BECOMING UNDER WATER. MORE 
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.

SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT RAPID RISES ON AREAS AND RIVERS. 
SOME LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE..THE BURR OAK CREEK...CEDAR 
RIVER...SPRING CREEK...SUGAR CREEK...AND ROCK CREEK...ROSE 
CREEK...OTTER 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...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS 
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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.

&&

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

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