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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1002 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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MITCHELL IA-HOWARD IA-FLOYD IA-DODGE MN-MOWER MN-OLMSTED MN-
1002 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 957 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONTINUED TO REPORT WIDESPREAD
FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN MITCHELL AND MOWER COUNTIES. ANYWHERE
BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN...THE HEAVIEST BEING IN
CENTRAL MITCHELL...NORTHEAST MITCHELL...AND SOUTHEAST MOWER COUNTY.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE FLASH FLOODING.
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.

THERE ARE WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF FLOODING ACROSS ALL OF MITCHELL
COUNTY...AND THE SOUTHERN PART OF MOWER COUNTY. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE
CLOSED...IMPASSABLE...AND ARE BARRICADED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL
TONIGHT UNLESS YOU HAVE TO. STAY HOME...STAY SAFE. HIGHWAY 218
BETWEEN OSAGE AND ST ANSGAR IS CLOSED.

ALTHOUGH THE BULK OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED EAST...THE
IMPACTS OF THE FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY LINGER THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT. NOW THAT IT IS DARK...IT IS MUCH HARDER TO SEE FLOODED
ROADWAYS. 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.

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.

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

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