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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
855 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013
.YESTERDAYS RAINFALL WILL PUSH RIVER LEVELS TO MINOR FLOOD STAGE
ALONG THE BLACK RIVER AT BLACK RIVER FALLS.
RIVER FORECASTS TAKE INTO ACCOUNT BOTH OBSERVED AND FORECAST
PRECIPITATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU LIVE IN A THREATENED AREA...BE ALERT FOR HIGH OR RISING
WATER...AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF NECESSARY.
DO NOT DRIVE CARS INTO FLOODED AREAS. REMEMBER...IT TAKES ONLY TWO
FEET OF WATER TO FLOAT MOST AUTOMOBILES...INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY
VEHICLES. TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.
STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION...INCLUDING
NOAA WEATHER RADIO...FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
ADDITIONAL RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT...
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE .
WIC053-240155-
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0034.130523T1740Z-130524T1500Z/
/BRFW3.1.ER.130523T1740Z.130523T1800Z.130523T2100Z.NO/
855 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE WI HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR THE BLACK RIVER AT BLACK RIVER FALLS.
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO THIS EVENING.
* AT 8:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 45.6 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 47.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE TO NEAR 47.1 FEET BY MID DAY. THE RIVER WILL FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 47.0 FEET...SOME RURAL ROADS MAY BEGIN TO FLOOD
INCLUDING COUNTY HIGHWAY VV DOWNSTREAM NEAR THE LA CROSSE COUNTY
LINE.
LAT...LON 4437 9080 4413 9100 4411 9097 4417 9088 4435 9075
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