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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
450 PM CDT Sat Jun 22 2024

...The National Weather Service in La Crosse WI has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Minnesota...

  Root River Near Houston affecting Houston County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.

Additional river and weather information is available at
www.weather.gov/lacrosse.

The next statement will be issued late tonight at midnight CDT.

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MNC055-230500-
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0031.240624T0000Z-240624T1800Z/
/HOUM5.1.ER.240624T0000Z.240624T0000Z.240624T0600Z.NO/
450 PM CDT Sat Jun 22 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING TO EARLY MONDAY
AFTERNOON...
...REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Root River near Houston.

* WHEN...From Sunday evening to early Monday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 15.0 feet, Minor lowland flooding occurs.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 3:45 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 11.0 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 15.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 15.0
    feet tomorrow evening. It will then fall below flood stage
    early Monday morning.
  - Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    15.1 feet on 03/27/1961.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 4382 9173 4379 9145 4376 9145 4375 9167
      4378 9173


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