Flash Flood Watch
Issued by NWS La Crosse, WI

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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1023 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MONDAY...

.MOIST AIR IS MOVING INTO THE AREA AND WITH IT COMES THE CHANCE
FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. SOILS OVER THE WATCH AREA
ARE VERY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS AND A RECORD WET SPRING
SEASON. ANY RAINFALL WILL HAVE TROUBLE SOAKING INTO THE GROUND AND
COULD CAUSE FLOODED BASEMENTS...SEWER FLOODING...STREET AND
HIGHWAY FLOODING...AND RAPID RISES ON AREA CREEKS...STREAMS...AND
RIVERS.

PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY...AND THE
STORMS WILL LIKELY HAVE HEAVY RAINFALL RATES. THIS COULD LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. PREPARE NOW FOR THIS POSSIBILITY.

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MITCHELL-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
1023 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING
  THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST IOWA...MITCHELL. IN
  SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...DODGE...FILLMORE...MOWER...OLMSTED AND
  WABASHA.

* FROM 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY
  RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED SOILS. THE POTENTIAL FOR 1 TO 2
  INCHES OF RAIN BY MONDAY EXISTS.

* BASEMENT FLOODING...RAPID RISES ON CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND
  ROAD CLOSURES ARE ALL POSSIBLE FROM HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH
  FLOODING SHOULD IT OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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