WGUS83 KARX 062347
FLSARX

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
646 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2008

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646 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEW HAMPTON...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 646 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR OUT OF LA CROSSE SHOWED              
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES MOVING THROUGH        
  WESTERN CHICKASAW 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.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

LAT...LON 4321 9209 4294 9210 4293 9255 4300 9256
      4321 9256

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