WGUS83 KARX 062248
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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
545 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2008

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545 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHARLES CITY...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 545 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR OUT OF LA CROSSE SHOWED              
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES MOVING INTO FLOYD     
  COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE THE HISTORY...AND THE CAPABILITY OF      
  PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR. DESPITE   
  DRY CONDITIONS RECENTLY...THIS EXTREME RAINFALL RATE WILL CAUSE    
  RUNOFF ISSUES FOR POORLY DRAINED AREAS...AND URBAN AREAS. SMALL    
  STREAMS WILL SEE RAPID RISES AND MAY COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.

LAT...LON 4321 9303 4321 9256 4295 9255 4291 9256
      4290 9302 4291 9303

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