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WGUS73 KARX 241558
FFSARX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1058 AM CDT WED AUG 24 2016

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CHICKASAW IA-HOWARD IA-ALLAMAKEE IA-WINNESHIEK IA-
1058 AM CDT WED AUG 24 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHICKASAW...SOUTHEASTERN
HOWARD...ALLAMAKEE AND WINNESHIEK COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

WIDESPREAD FLOODING CONTINUES IN THE AFFECTED AREA FROM OVERNIGHT
HEAVY RAINFALL. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT THE SITUATION HAS
STABILIZED OVER THE PAST HOURS WITH NO RECENT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES.

THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY WILL BE REPLACED BY A FLOOD
WARNING.

LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS MANY ROADS ARE FLOODED OR WASHED OUT FROM
THE HEAVY RAINFALL. IN ISOLATED AREAS...SUCH AS ALONG STATE
HIGHWAYS...THE WATER LEVELS ARE NO LONGER OVER THE ROAD.

MANY SECONDARY ROADS ARE DAMAGED OR CLOSED. ALSO...MANY CREEKS AND
RIVERS ARE FLOODING...SOME AT MAJOR FLOOD LEVELS. THIS INCLUDES THE
UPPER IOWA RIVER AND TURKEY RIVER. TRAVEL IS STILL NOT RECOMMENDED.
THEREFORE...THE FLOOD WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM
THURSDAY.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. DRIVING THROUGH
FLOOD WATERS IS DANGEROUS...MOST LIVES ARE LOST IN FLOODING BECAUSE
PEOPLE DRIVE INTO WATER AND ARE SWEPT AWAY.

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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BAUMGARDT
