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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
515 AM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WABASHA AND OLMSTED 
COUNTIES UNTIL 630 AM CDT...

AROUND 430 AM...WATER WAS REPORTED OVER U.S. HIGHWAY 52 NEAR MARION 
FROM BADGER RUN.  A VAN DROVE INTO THE FLOODED ROADWAY AND STALLED.  
ONE PASSENGER HAD TO BE RESCUED FROM THE STALLED VEHICLE. 
 
AT 515 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA.  RAINFALL RATES 
HAD DIMINISHED...BUT RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE WELL INTO THE MORNING 
HOURS.  
 
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL INDICATED BY RADAR WAS FROM PINE ISLAND... 
MAZEPPA...AND ZUMBRO FALLS...THROUGH THE ORONOCO...DOUGLAS... 
VIOLA...AND EYOTA AREAS.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN 
FELL IN THESE AREAS...WITH SOME AMOUNTS OVER 5 INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR 
ORONOCO AND ZUMBRO FALLS. 

SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS FEEDING INTO THE ZUMBRO RIVER AND ITS 
TRIBUTARIES MAY BE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. ONLY 2 FEET OF WATER WILL
CAUSE MOST CARS TO FLOAT. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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MW